Thyroidectomy via unilateral axillo-breast approach (UABA) with gas insufflation: prospective multicentre European study.

Background: Extracervical approaches for thyroidectomy are seldom explored in the western population. The objective of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of hemithyroidectomy via endoscopic unilateral axillo-breast approach (UABA) with gas insufflation.

Method: Consecutive patients undergoing UABA hemithyroidectomy for symptomatic benign or cytologically indeterminate nodules (Bethesda III lesions) of less than 5 cm from July 2015 to December 2020 at three European institutions were included.

Changes in anorectal morphologic and functional parameters after fistula-in-ano surgery.

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze changes in anal continence and morphologic and functional anorectal variables after fistula-in-ano surgery in a patient series with a high rate of complex fistulas.

Methods: One hundred twenty patients with a mean age of 46.9 (standard deviation, 12.

[Importance of physical examination and imaging techniques in the diagnosis of anorectal fistulae].

Aim: The study was designed to determine the role of clinical examination and imaging techniques in the diagnosis of anorectal fistula.

Material And Methods: We performed an observational study with prospective recruiting using the data of 120 patients, by means of clinical evaluation by an experienced coloproctologist surgeon (EE), a surgeon without special training in coloproctology (CE), and examination under anaesthesia (SE), endoanal ultrasound (EAU) and magnetic resonance (MR), using the surgical findings as a reference.

Results: SE was significantly better than EE or CE for detecting an internal opening (IO), primary track and abscess cavities (AC).