The impact of sarcopenia on the postoperative outcome in colorectal cancer surgery.

Background And Aim: Malnutrition-induced sarcopenia predicts poorer clinical outcomes for patients with cancer. Postoperative complications such as wound infection, anastomotic leak (AL), cardiorespiratory events are the most frequent and devastating postoperative complications in colorectal cancer surgery and are frequently associated with malnutrition.

Methods: We reviewed the recent available literature to assess the relationship between the patient nutritional status and sarcopenia in colorectal surgery.

Psoas Muscle Index Defined by Computer Tomography Predicts the Presence of Postoperative Complications in Colorectal Cancer Surgery.

: Sarcopenia is a recognized prognostic factor for both complications and survival in cancer patients. This study aims to analyze the relationship between sarcopenia measured by psoas muscle index on computer tomography scans and the presence of postoperative complications in colorectal cancer surgery. : In a prospective study we recorded data from 51 patients who underwent colorectal cancer surgery in the Mures County Clinical Hospital, Romania.

An Overview of Five-Year Survival in Rectal Cancer in Relation to Lymph Node Status.

Lymph node metastasis is regarded as an important prognostic factor for predicting disease recurrence and survival in patients with colorectal cancer. Several studies suggest that the lymph node ratio has a greater importance in survival than the number of metastatic lymph nodes. The scope of this study is to examine the 5-year survival of rectal cancer patients, examining several prognostic factors with emphasis on lymph node status.

Vanek's tumor: a rare cause of gastric outlet obstruction. Case report and literature review.

Vanek's tumor or inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is a rare submucosal, mesenchymal tumor of the digestive tract, of unknown etiology. We present an unusual case of a 62-year-old female patient, investigated for intermittent nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and anemia. Narrow-band imaging (NBI) endoscopy showed a polypoid tumor with normal coverage mucosa prolapsing through the pylorus.

The Revisited Role of Ultrasound Guided Core Needle Biopsy in the Breast Cancer Diagnosis.

Unlabelled: Core needle biopsy (CNB) is an alternative to surgical biopsy in establishing the histopathological diagnosis of mammary lesions.

Aim Of The Study: The aim is to determine the accuracy of ultrasound guided CNB (US-CNB) in establishing breast cancer diagnosis.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of US-CNB patients between May 2012 - December 2014.

[Experimental study on the resistance to intraluminal pressure between handsewn and stapled anastomosis. In vitro experimental study].

Unlabelled: Intoduction and aim: The aim of the study was to compare the resistance to pressure of stapled and manually handsewn intestinal suture lines on in vitro pig intestine model.

Method: We performed different types of stapled and manual sutures and the pressure level was measured using a differential pressure manometer.

Results: Although the hand-sewn end-to-end suture turned out to be the most resistant to pressure, statistical analysis revealed no significant differences compared to stapled suture (p = 0.

Does the Surgical Management of the Intercostobrachial Nerve Influence the Postoperatory Paresthesia of the Upper Limb and Life Quality in Breast Cancer Patients?

Unlabelled: The aim of our study was to evaluate the extent to which the preservation or the section of the intercostobrachial nerve (ICBN) influences the development of postoperatoryparesthesia and to assess whether the development of paresthesiamay change the patient's life quality after surgical treatment for breast carcinoma.

Material And Methods: We performed a nonrandomized retrospective study including 100 patients who underwent axillary lymph node dissection for infiltrating breast carcinoma associated with axillary lymph node metastases. Using a questionnaire we studied the patients general life quality in the postoperative period.

Superficial basal cell carcinoma treated with 70% trichloroacetic acid applied topically: a case study.

Background: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common form of skin cancer, affecting millions of people worldwide. The treatment concept for BCCs is the surgical one, but it is costly, as such, searching for alternative medical therapeutics is justified.

Aim: To highlight the efficacy of high concentration (70%) trichloroacetic acid (TCA) as a choice therapy for low-risk BCC.

Intertrigo Caused by Streptococcus pyogenes.

Well-demarcated, beefy-red lesions of the skin folds, without satellite lesions, are the clinical hallmarks of intertrigo, frequently misdiagnosed especially in young children. We present 6 cases of streptococcal intertrigo to draw attention to this easily diagnosed and treated, but frequently overlooked, infection.

Nail Damage (Severe Onychodystrophy) Induced by Acrylate Glue: Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Investigations.

Background: Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) techniques have been used in various fields of medical research, including different pathologies of the nails; however, no studies have focused on obtaining high-resolution microscopic images and elemental analysis of disorders caused by synthetic nails and acrylic adhesives.

Methods: Damaged/injured fingernails caused by the use of acrylate glue and synthetic nails were investigated using SEM and EDX methods.

Results: SEM and EDX proved that synthetic nails, acrylic glue, and nails damaged by contact with acrylate glue have a different morphology and different composition compared to healthy human nails.

Discordance Rate in Estrogen Receptor, Progesterone Receptor, HER2 Status, and Ki67 Index Between Primary Unifocal and Multiple Homogenous Breast Carcinomas and Synchronous Axillary Lymph Node Metastases Have an Impact on Therapeutic Decision.

Background: We aimed to demonstrate that in breast carcinomas the tumor profile is not stable during the metastatic process, with impact on therapeutic decisions.

Materials And Methods: We analyzed the estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and HER2 status and Ki67 index in 41 primary unifocal (PU) and 37 primary multiple (PM) breast carcinomas with identical immunohistochemical profiles among multiple tumor foci and the matched axillary lymph node metastases. We defined as concordant cases in which the primary tumor (PU or PM) and lymph node metastases displayed identical positivity or negativity for ER, PR, HER2, Ki67 and as discordant cases in which there was a mismatch in at least 1 biological parameter among PU and PM tumor and lymph node metastases.

A preliminary feasibility study: Narrow-band imaging targeted versus standard white light endoscopy non-targeted biopsies in a surveillance Barrett's population.

Background: Narrow band imaging (NBI) is used in the detection of intestinal metaplasia (IM) and dysplasia in patients with Barrett's oesophagus (BE).

Aims: The study compared the usefulness of NBI with white-light standard endoscopy (WLSE) for the detection of dysplasia and IM in BE and determined the prediction of the histological diagnosis according to the mucosal and vascular patterns obtained by NBI.

Patients And Methods: A total of 84 patients were prospectively enrolled in the study.