Surgery of abdominal wall endometriosis associated with clear-cell carcinoma: Case report and review.

Abdominal wall is a rare location for endometriosis, with a reported incidence of parietal endometriosis of approximately 0.03 to 0.4%.

Ventral hernia surgery in morbidly obese patients, immediate or after bariatric surgery preparation: Results of a case-matched study.

Background: Obesity is a risk factor for the development of ventral hernia and increases the risk of recurrence and surgical site infection after hernia repair (HR).

Objectives: We tested the hypothesis that bariatric surgery (BS) before HR would decrease these risks in patients with morbid obesity.

Setting: University hospital, France.

Resection of an Esophageal Diverticulum by Thoracoscopy in Prone Position.

Diverticula of the middle one third of the esophagus are rare clinical entities, by comparison with the more common epiphrenic diverticula. For midesophageal diverticula, a minimally invasive approach has not been standardized. This report presents the case of a 60-year-old man with a large midesophageal diverticulum who was treated successfully by four-port video-assisted thoracic surgery while he was in the prone position.

Can We Predict the Lateral Compartment Lymph Node Involvement in RET-Negative Patients with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma?

Background: Lateral lymph node dissection (LND) in the absence of macroscopic nodal metastasis remains controversial in sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC).

Objectives: The aims of our study were to determine the risk of lateral lymph node (LN) metastases with a focus on lateral contralateral N1, and to define a risk-adapted surgical treatment for these patients.

Methods: All patients who underwent surgery from 1980 to 2012 for previously untreated RET-negative MTC were reviewed.

Antroduodenectomy with Gastroduodenal Anastomosis: Salvage Emergency Surgery for Complicated Peptic Ulcer Disease--Results of a Double Institution Study of 35 Patients.

Background: Endoscopic and interventional techniques are currently the mainstay of management of bleeding duodenal ulcer. As well, for patients with perforated duodenal ulcer, laparoscopic simple closure is nowadays usually performed. Although indications for emergency antroduodenectomy have declined, this procedure is still necessary as a salvage option when conservative management has failed or is not practicable.