Surgical techniques and treatment for hepatic hydatid cysts.

Purpose: Hepatic hydatid cysts (HHCs) are a parasitic infestation caused by several species of Echinococcus. We examined the clinical features of HHCs and evaluated the results of various surgical procedures.

Methods: One hundred and sixty-nine patients aged between 17 and 84 years underwent surgery for HHCs within a 12-year period.

A spontaneously ruptured primitive neuroectodermal tumor/extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma of the kidney with renal vein tumor thrombus.

Primitive neuroectodermal tumor/extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma (PNET/EES) is a childhood disease rarely seen in adults. It is a soft tissue tumor, which is often observed in the paraspinal region and lower extremity. We report the case of a 32-year-old man who presented with sudden abdominal pain on the right upper quadrant that was radiated to the right flank.

Changes in health-related quality of life in Greek adult patients 1 year after successful renal transplantation.

Objectives: This study was undertaken to compare and to evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in Greek adult transplant recipients before and 1 year after successful renal transplantation (RT) and to examine which parameters had the greatest effects on their HRQOL. The SF-36 survey score was used.

Materials And Methods: Eighty-five Greek hemodialysis patients underwent RT at the Transplant Unit of Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, including 44 men and 41 women (mean age, 43.

Total parathyroidectomy with autotransplantation in patients with renal hyperparathyroidism: indications and surgical approach.

Objective: renal hyperparathyroidism (rH) is one of the most serious complications in long-term hemodialysis patients. the purpose of this retrospective study was the evaluation of the surgical indications, parathyroid histology, and the results of total parathyroidectomy with autotransplantation (Ptx+At) in patients with rH.

Design: the study included 36 patients with rH in whom Ptx+At was carried out at the First surgical Department of the Evangelismos Hospital over a 5-year period.

Inadvertent parathyroidectomy during thyroid surgery: the incidence of a complication of thyroidectomy.

Background And Aims: Incidental parathyroidectomy is a complication of thyroid surgery. The aim of this report is to explore the incidence, risk factors, and clinical relevance of inadvertent parathyroidectomy during thyroidectomy.

Materials And Methods: Patients who underwent thyroidectomy between January 1998 and June 2005 were evaluated.

Surgical treatment of hepatic haemangiomas: a 15-year experience.

Background: Hepatic haemangiomas are congenital vascular malformations. They are the most common benign tumours of the liver and are often asymptomatic. Spontaneous or traumatic rupture, intratumoral bleeding, consumption coagulopathy and rapid growth are the mandatory surgical indications.