Difficult oesophageal foreign body removal: a novel surgical approach to a complex situation.

Background: Ingested foreign bodies pose a unique challenge in medical practice, especially when lodged in the oesophagus. While endoscopic retrieval is the standard treatment, certain cases require more innovative approaches.

Methods: This paper reports the case of a patient who intentionally ingested a butter knife that lodged in the thoracic oesophagus.

Functional and oncological outcomes of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in obese men: a matched-pair analysis.

Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in men with body mass index (BMI) ≥ 35 kg/m is considered technically challenging. We conducted a retrospective matched-pair analysis to compare the oncological and functional outcomes of RARP in men with BMI ≥ 35 kg/m. We interrogated our prospectively maintained RARP database and identified 1273 men who underwent RARP from January 2018 till June 2021.

Simultaneous excision of pelvic lipoma and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Lipoma is a benign mesenchymal tumour that can develop in any part of the body containing adipose tissue. Very few cases of pelvic lipomas have been reported in the literature. Due to their location and slow growth, pelvic lipomas are often asymptomatic for a prolonged time.