[A rare cause of hoarseness].

Background: Hoarseness caused by Ortner's syndrome is a rare diagnosis, first described in 1897 in a patient with an enlarged left atrium due to mitral valve stenosis. Due to mechanical compression on the left recurrent laryngeal nerve patients present with hoarseness.

Case Desciption: A 70 year old male presents with hoarseness and an inability to swallow.

The efficacy of autologous femoropopliteal vein reconstruction for primary aortic and aortic graft infection.

Background: The objective of our study was to analyze the efficacy of autologous superficial femoropopliteal vein reconstruction for primary aortic or aortic graft infection.

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 14 patients treated for an infected aortic prosthesis or primary infected aorta between 2012 and 2014. Three patients had a primary mycotic aneurysm caused by a Salmonella or Coxiella burnetti infection.

Sentinel lymph node biopsy performed under local anesthesia is feasible.

Background: A sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in breast cancer patients, performed under local anesthesia (LA), could have advantages such as more efficient use of operating room time and pathologist time. It also provides a histologic diagnosis before definitive breast surgery is undertaken. The aim of this study was to assess feasibility by comparing the results of SLN procedures performed under LA versus general anesthesia (GA).