Needle size for thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology. A single institution experience.

Background: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an invasive diagnostic technique which is widely used for the cytological diagnosis of thyroid nodules. This procedure is generally widely tolerated by patients, albeit often accompanied by local pain and discomfort. Despite various proposals of execution methods, no approach is universally accepted,especially regarding the size of the needle to be used for sampling.

Totally laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with up-down approach. A single institution experience.

Aim: Many laparoscopic techniques have been described for the treatment of right colon cancer. The purpose of this study is to communicate our experience in the totally laparoscopic treatment of right colon cancer and to report our short-term results in order to confirm the feasibility and safeness of this demanding procedure.

Material Of Study: From November 2017 to April 2020, we performed 384 surgical operations for colorectal cancers, of these 81 have involved tumors of the right colon in urgent and elective conditions.