Comparative study of the immediate postoperative pain for the classical versus laparoscopic types of surgery within the treatement of inguinal hernias.

Background: The inguinal hernia is the protrusion of intra-abdominal contents through a defect of the abdominal wall. This content can be represented by omentum, most frequently intestine. Theoretically, any intraperitoneal organ can be located in the hernia sac.

Predicting the Early Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy with Breast MR Morphological, Functional and Relaxometry Features-A Pilot Study.

Aim: To evaluate the role of MR relaxometry and derived proton density analysis in the prediction of early treatment response after two cycles of neoadjuvant therapy (NAT), in patients with breast cancer. Methods: This was a prospective study that included 59 patients with breast cancer, who underwent breast MRI prior (MRI1) and after two cycles of NAT (MRI2). The MRI1 included a sequential acquisition with five different TE’s (50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 ms) and a TR of 5000 ms.