Outcomes of local excision for early rectal cancer: a 6-year experience from the largest university hospital in Thailand.

Background: This study aimed to determine clinical outcomes of local excision for early rectal cancer from a University Hospital in Thailand.

Materials And Methods: We performed a retrospective review of 22 consecutive patients undergoing local excision for early rectal cancer (clinical and radiological T1/T2) from 2005-2010 at the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok. Data were collected from patients' medical records, including demographic and clinical characteristics, pathological report and surgical outcomes.

Successful treatment of esophageal metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma using the da Vinci robotic surgical system.

A 59-year-old man with metastatic an esophageal tumor from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) presented with progressive dysphagia. He had undergone liver transplantation for HCC three and a half years prevously. At presentation, his radiological and endoscopic examinations suggested a submucosal tumor in the lower esophagus, causing a luminal stricture.

The surgical outcome of preoperative chemoradiation therapy for ultra low rectal cancer.

Objective: To evaluate the surgical outcome of preoperative long-course chemoradiation therapy (PCRT) in patients with ultra low rectal cancer.

Material And Method: Medical records of patients with rectal adenocarcinoma located within the length of 5 cm from the anal verge, who underwent elective oncological resection between 2003 and 2006 at Siriraj Hospital, were reviewed. PCRT was performed in some patients based on tumor characteristics and surgeon's decision.

Comparison between midline and right transverse incision in right hemicolectomy for right-sided colon cancer: a retrospective study.

Background: The advantage of a transverse incision over a midline incision for open right hemicolectomy remains controversial.

Objective: To compare the short-term surgical outcomes of right hemicolectomy through midline incision (RHML) and right hemicolectomy through right transverse incision (RHTR) for right-sided colon cancer.

Material And Method: This retrospective study included 74 patients with right-sided colon cancer who underwent elective right hemicolectomies through midline or right transverse incision between February 2004 and June 2006 at the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital.