Publications by authors named "Lisa A dos Santos"
Objective: To determine the incidence of adnexal and lymph node (LN) metastasis in newly diagnosed endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS).
Methods: We identified all cases with a diagnosis of ESS evaluated at our institution from January 1, 1980 to October 31, 2009. All uterine pathology was reviewed at our center.
Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the incidence and management of bevacizumab-associated gastrointestinal (GI) perforations in patients with recurrent ovarian carcinoma.
Methods: We identified all patients who received bevacizumab off protocol from August 2004-August 2008. We examined their medical records for reports of confirmed GI perforation, associated clinicopathological factors, treatment, and outcomes.
Background: Patients with advanced gynecologic malignancy often require fecal diversion as a sole procedure in cases of obstruction or fistula formation. This unique patient population has a frequent history of advanced age, prior abdominal surgery, pelvic radiation, poor nutritional status and medical comorbidities. The use of laparoscopic colostomy for palliative fecal diversion in this context has not been well described in the gynecologic oncology literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Multiple series have demonstrated the feasibility of full-thickness diaphragm resection for ovarian cancer metastatic to the diaphragm. However, direct extension of tumor into the lung is sometimes encountered, and successful resection of this type of implant has not been previously described in the gynecologic oncology literature.
Case Report: We present the first case of en bloc full-thickness diaphragm resection including a portion of lung tissue using the EndoGIA stapler with primary diaphragmatic closure.