Publications by authors named "Nicholas Bontumasi"
Perianal squamous cell carcinoma in situ (SCCIS) is a relatively rare intraepidermal neoplasm that has the potential to progress to invasive squamous cell carcinoma. First-line treatment is surgical excision, though nonsurgical treatment modalities such as 5-aminolevulinic acid-based photodynamic therapy (ALA-PDT) and imiquimod also have been investigated for this neoplasm. Unfortunately, recurrences are known to occur after both surgical and nonsurgical monotherapies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study was to establish normative data for the CT appearance of inguinal lymph nodes.
Materials And Methods: After Institutional Review Board approval, search of the radiology information system identified 500 consecutive CT examinations of the pelvis. Patients were included if no lower extremity or perineum pathology, or history of malignancy at the time of CT examination, and a clinical note documenting no tumor at least 2 years after the CT.
Background: Although surgeons are constantly making efforts to improve efficiency of care, it is important to also optimize the patients' understanding and satisfaction with their surgical experience. We investigated the effect of a preoperative educational video on patient outcomes and perception of surgery.
Study Design: An educational video was developed outlining preoperative, operative, and postoperative expectations for patients undergoing pulmonary resection.
Background: Differentiating benign from malignant pulmonary lesions is an important part of surgical decision making. We reviewed our experience of resecting suspicious pulmonary nodules to test the hypothesis that the increased use of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has increased the resection rate of benign lesions.
Methods: A retrospective analysis was carried out on 3,217 patients who underwent resection for focal pulmonary lesions between 1995 and 2009.