Drainage after Modified Radical Mastectomy - A Methodological Mini-Review.

Breast cancer is a socially relevant group of malignant conditions of the mammary gland, affecting both males and females. Most commonly the surgical approach of choice is a modified radical mastectomy (MRM), due to it allowing for both the removal of the main tumor mass and adjacent glandular tissue, which are suspected of infiltration and multifocality of the process, and a sentinel axillary lymph node removal. Most common post-surgical complications following MRM are the formation of a hematoma, the infection of the surgical wound and the formation of a seroma.

Cervix carcinoma and incidental finding of medullary thyroid carcinoma by 18F-FDG PET/CT--clinical case.

Thyroid nodules are encountered in clinical practice during the diagnostic procedures or patients' follow-up due to other diseases quite far from the thyroid gland with prevalence 4-50% in general population, depending on age, diagnostic method and race. The prevalence of thyroid nodules increases with age and their clarification should be done for their adequate treatment. An 18F-FDG PET/CT was done with a PET/CT scanner (Philips Gemini TF), consisting of dedicated lutetium orthosilicate full ring PET scanner and 16 slice CT.

Video-assisted thyroid resections in the treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Unlabelled: One of the challenges of the minimally invasive video-assisted thyroid resections is their application for the surgical treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Aim: To present our experience with the use of video-assisted thyroid resections with harmonic scalpel in the surgical treatment of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Material And Methods: 259 patients with thyroid nodules were operated in our Clinic for a five-year period--from 2008 to 2013--via a video-assisted technique.

[Minimally invasive open access thyoid surgery--main point, indications and effectiveness].

Unlabelled: Various new, minimally invasive techniques, using endoscopic, video-assisted and non-endoscopic, open access have recently appeared in the surgical treatment of nodular thyroid disease. Aim of this study is to examine the feasibility, indications and efficacy of the minimally invasive open approach (MOATS) in the thyroid surgery.

Patients And Methods: 395 patients (368 (93.

[Sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma].

Unlabelled: The concept of sentinel lymph node (SLN) has been proven to be successful and accurate in surgical decision making for the treatment of some solid tumors. The AIM of this study is to investigate the feasibility and accuracy of the SLN biopsy in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Patients And Methods: Twenty eight patients underwent SLN biopsy for the period from 01 January 2003 to 30 June 2006 in our institution.

[Minimally invasive open thiroydectomy--our initial experience].

Unlabelled: A crescent number of reports concerning the use of minimally invasive approach in thyroid surgery arise in the last years.

Aim: This report describes the recently developed technique of minimally invasive open thyroidectomy and represents our initial experience.

Patients And Methods: Thirty seven patients underwent a minimally invasive open thyroidectomy in the Clinic of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Varna between February the 1th and May the 31th, 2003.

[Hashimoto's thyroiditis: indications for surgical treatment].

Background: Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is the prototypical example of autoimmune thyroiditis and the primary way to treat the disease is conservative. However, there are patients with HT, in which surgical treatment is mandatory.

Aim: Summarizing our institutional experience, to formulate the indications for surgical treatment of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

[Minimally invasive non-endoscopic thyroid resections].

Unlabelled: The interest in the application of the minimally invasive procedures in the thyroid surgery vastly increased in recent years.

Aim: To present our experience with the application of minimally invasive nonendoscopic resections in the thyroid surgery.

Material And Methods: 145 patients with various thyroid diseases were operated on with minimally invasive open approach for the period from 1 Janyary 2003 to 30 June 2004 in our institution.

[Argon plasma thyroid resections--main points and advantages].

Unlabelled: Here in we present our experience with a new surgical technique of Argon Plasma Thyroid Resections which was developed in our institution to avoid the use of lots of haemostatic instruments and various size blood vessels ligations.

Aim: To demonstrate the results we achieved and the advantages of APR, compared with the conventional thyroid resection.

Material And Methods: For the period from 01.

[Minimally invasive open thyroid resections with harmonic scalpel].

Unlabelled: The harmonic scalpel has been widely used in the field of thyroid surgery in recent years.

Aim: To present our initial results after the introduction of harmonic scalpel use during thyroid resections with minimally invasive open approach.

Patients And Methods: For the period from 01 January to 31 June 2008, 158 thyroid resections using harmonic scalpel have been done in our institution.

[The application of argon plasma coagulation in thoracic surgery: principles, surgical technique and clinical results].

Background: In recent years, together with the well-known high-frequency electro-coagulation, the application of plasma coagulation has been also introduced in the clinical practice. The argon plasma coagulator (APC) is one of the representatives of this surgical technique. By its nature, the APC represents a non-contact electrothermal tissue coagulation, combining the principle of the augmented surface and enhanced autogenous haemostatic mechanisms.

[The morphological characteristics of the changes in spontaneous pneumothorax. Thorascopic observation].

The results obtained by thoracoscopy in 58 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax for the period 1990-1992 were discussed. The distribution of the patients by sex was: male--46 (79.31%); female--12 (20.