Modified minimal incision subcapital osteotomy for hallux valgus correction.

The potential advantages of minimal incision surgery for hallux valgus (HV) correction are the following: reduced surgical exposure, diminished soft-tissue stripping, and less blood supply impairment. These advantages imply fewer complications. We retrospectively reviewed patients who were consecutively treated with a modified minimally invasive osteotomy from January 2006 until December 2009 for HV deformity.

[Role of surgery in patients with metastases from melanoma. A case report].

Introduction: The prognosis of patients with melanoma varies according to the staging of disease at the moment of diagnosis. Melanoma can metastasize to every organ or tissue, but the most common site involved is locoregional. In selected patients surgery plays a central role with the possibility of changing the prognosis at distance.

Meta-analysis of thyroidectomy with ultrasonic dissector versus conventional clamp and tie.

Background: We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the role of Ultrasonic dissector (UAS) versus conventional clamp and tie in thyroidectomy.

Materials And Methods: We searched for all published RCT in into electronic databases. To be included in the analysis, the studies had to compare thyroidectomy with UAS versus conventional vessel ligation and tight (conventional technique = CT).

[Association between thyroiditis and cancer. Our experience].

We analyzed a homogeneous sample of 671 patients underwent total thyroidectomy for various pathologies evaluating the final histological diagnosis and seeking the association between thyroiditis and cancer. As is known to the literature the incidence of association between autoimmune disease and cancer is not exceptional. In our experience, we have shown it in 39 cases (18.

Control results on a sample of patients subjected to total thyroidectomy for papillary carcinoma: proposal for a personal diagnostic-therapeutic follow-up.

Well-differentiated thyroid neoplasms may be included among the most frequently occurring thyroid carcinomas. Papillary ca. is without doubt the best behaved type.

[Correlation between surgical intervention, adjuvant therapy, and long-term survival in patients operated on for breast neoplasia].

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among female sex, above all in rich countries where it occurs ten times more than the others. The most incidence of breast cancer is in female over 45 yrs and over 70 yrs with a plateau during menopause. So it is really very uncommon before 30 yrs.