A Randomized Controlled Study of Quilting with Axillary Lymphatic Ligation Versus Conventional Modified Radical Mastectomy in Patients with Breast Cancer.

Postmastectomy seroma formation is a common and notorious problem that every treating surgeon frequently faces in the management of patients with breast cancer. Several technical modifications and innovations have been proposed to either overcome or reduce its occurrence. One such method tested in this study in a randomized way was axillary lymphatic vessel ligation and quilting.

A Prospective Single Centre Study of Preoperative Blood Ordering Versus Actual Usage Among Patients Undergoing Elective Curative Oncological Resections in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India.

This study was a prospective, observational study aimed to look at the preoperative ordering schedule, pattern of usage of blood products for elective oncological surgeries in order to develop an institutional maximal surgical blood ordering schedule (MSBOS) in a tertiary university setting teaching Hospital. All biopsy proven, consenting, cancer patients of age 18 to 80 years who underwent elective curative cancer surgery over a period of 1 year were included. Various details such as nature of procedure, preoperative haemoglobin, intraoperative blood loss, duration of surgery, and number of units cross-matched and used were recorded and analysed.

Familial Swyer syndrome: a rare genetic entity.

Swyer syndrome is a pure gonadal dysgenesis associated with a 46 XY karyotype and primary amenorrhea in a phenotypic female. Individuals in this syndrome are at an increased risk for development of gonadal malignancies. Swyer syndrome (gonadal dysgenesis) running in families is rare event and few such scenarios were reported in the literature.

Multiple primary cancers: An enigma.

Background: Incidence of multiple primary cancers though uncommon, is being frequently reported now-a-days owing to better diagnostic techniques, the prolonged life span and the increased incidence of long-term survival of cancer patients.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective study. Cases of multiple malignancies diagnosed histopathologically were retrieved from the archives of department of surgical oncology.

Outcomes of pectoralis major myocutaneous flap in female patients for oral cavity defect reconstruction.

Purpose: Although much has been mentioned in the literature worldwide regarding the outcome of pectoralis major myocutaneous flaps (PMMFs), hardly any studies are available that mention the outcome of PMMFs in female patients. It has been presumed that complication rates after PMMF reconstruction in female patients are higher because of the presence of more adipose tissue in the flap. The objective of this study was to analyze our data regarding the outcomes of PMMFs in female patients with oral cancer undergoing reconstruction after tumor ablation.