The importance of sentinel lymph node diagnostic biopsy from the lateral neck compartment in the surgical treatment of papillary thyroid cance.

Objectives: The aim of our study is to determine whether mapping the lymphatic drainage and diagnostic excision of lymph nodes from lateral neck compartment is able to detect ultrasound unknown metastases in this compartment early and thus favorably affect the prognosis of patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC).

Background: Lymph node involvement in the lateral neck compartment is seen in 30-60 % of patients with PTC at the time of diagnosis and affects the prognosis of patients in terms of disease recurrence.

Methods: From June 2012 to December 2016, 154 patients with no evidence of lateral nodal involvement on imaging studies were treated with total thyroidectomy and central comparment neck dissection.

The role of intraoperative frozen section of central neck lymph nodes in the management of patients preoperatively diagnosed with low- risk differentiated cancer.

Introduction: Histological examination during surgery (FS) has a place in the surgical management of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). Extending the indication for limited surgery to 4 cm tumor size (ATA guidelines 2015) cytologically verified DTCs, increases the emphasis on accurate patient selection. In our work, we reflected on the effectiveness of FS and its relationship to optimal patient management.

Postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatic resection.

Background: The failure of pancreatic anastomosis after the proximal pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) and the failure of pancreatic stump after the distal pancreatectomy with a resulting postoperative pancreatic fistula remain the most feared complications after pancreatic resection. Surgeons have been trying to find a reliable reconstructive technique of pancreatic anastomosis for decades.

Methods: A literature search was performed to January 2020.

Ampullary cancer in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis - a rare case report and current status of management.

Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an inherited autosomal dominant disorder. Extracolonic manifestations are seen quite often. As prophylactic colectomy has become a standard care in FAP patients, the concerns over the development of associated extracolonic malignancies have become more prevalent.

Recurrence after sentinel lymph node biopsy in cutaneous melanoma: a single-center experience in Slovak patients.

The standard approach in the management of cutaneous malignant melanoma is considered to be a complete excision of the primary lesion with an appropriate margin of the normal tissue according to Breslow thickness. Usually sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) can help to determine the nodal status, and thus improve the accuracy of staging of the disease. However, the role of SLNB in melanoma treatment remains controversial.