Intralesional cryosurgery for the treatment of basal cell carcinoma of the lower extremities in elderly subjects: a feasibility study.

Background: Incidences of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) on the lower extremities in elderly patients are rising. Surgical approaches to the treatment of BCC are subject to possible difficulties in healing, failure of skin grafts, and wound infection. This study assessed the efficacy of intralesional cryosurgery in the treatment of BCC of the lower limbs in elderly patients.

A prospective case-control study of non-healing wounds of the lower limbs - the value of biopsies for ulcerating carcinoma.

Background: In some leg ulcer patients there is cancer that is responsible for lack of healing of such a wound.

Aim: This study was aimed at prospective analysis of histopathology of non-healing wounds (NHWs) in the patient presenting with high and low suspicion for ulcerating carcinoma.

Material And Methods: Forty patients with NHWs were enrolled and had been prospectively divided into two groups: 25 patients with high suspicion for ulcerating carcinoma according to their medical history and physical examination, and the second group of 15 patients without suspicion for malignancy (control group).

Pain evaluation and control during and following the treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids by contact and intralesional cryosurgery--a preliminary study.

Background: Intralesional cryosurgery effectively treats hypertrophic scars and keloids (HSK), but pain experienced by the patient during treatment can limit the application of cryosurgery.

Objectives: To characterize the pain response during cryosurgical treatment of HSK, and to evaluate the pain experienced during contact and intralesional cryosurgery that employs a pain-control protocol.

Methods: Twenty-nine patients (17 women, 12 men) aged 17 years and older (mean ages 31.

Keloid histopathology after intralesional cryosurgery treatment.

Background: Keloid presents a great healthcare challenge. The patients suffer from aesthetic disfiguration and occasionally from pruritus, pain and discomfort. Although various treatments are recommended, a single, highly effective treatment represents a great clinical need.

Contralateral internal mammary silicone lymphadenopathy imitates breast cancer metastasis.

This case report presents a unique, late complication of breast reconstruction surgery. A woman, who underwent left mastectomy and several reconstruction procedures with silicone implants presented with symptomatic enlarged internal mammary lymph nodes on her contralateral side. The nodes, which were suspicious for breast cancer metastasis on positron-emission tomographic computed tomography, were removed by thoracoscopy.

Intralesional cryosurgery for the treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids following aesthetic surgery: the results of a prospective observational study.

Hypertrophic scars and keloids following aesthetic surgery, which ignite patient dissatisfaction, are difficult to handle. Intralesional cryosurgery for the treatment of such scars has been introduced. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of this technology in the treatment of such scars and to assess the reduction of dissatisfaction.