Minimal Pilonidal Surgery vs. Common Wide Excision Operations: Better Well-Being and Comparable Recurrence Rates.

Background: Pilonidal disease in the natal cleft is treated traditionally by a wide and deep excision of the affected area. There is growing awareness, however, to the advantages of minimally invasive surgeries.

Objectives: To compare the efficacy of wide excision operations and minimal trephine surgery in patients with primary pilonidal disease.

Syringomatous adenoma of the nipple: a case report.

We present a case of a 33-year-old woman who underwent excisional breast biopsy due to a left nipple mass. Histological examination revealed the morphologic and immunohistochemical pattern of syringomatous adenoma of the nipple. This is a rare lesion of the breast that can clinically mimic breast carcinoma, but harbors a benign and only locally aggressive course.

Use of transportal balloon catheter occlusion of the portal triad in prevention of bleeding during liver resection.

Background: Operative blood loss is among the most important factors determining the prognosis of patients undergoing hepatic resection. The best method for preventing bleeding is preliminary selective vascular occlusion of lobar, sectoral, or segmental portal triads, although not always technically feasible.

Method: Transportal occlusion of the portal triad with a balloon catheter was used in 35 hepatectomies for various tumors.