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Minerva Urol Nephrol
December 2024
Institute of Urology, University College Hospitals of London, London, UK.
J Thorac Dis
December 2024
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Background: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is more effective for diagnosing and treating solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs). It is sometimes difficult to localize through use of minimally invasive techniques. We evaluated the feasibility, effectiveness, and safety of a novel localization method for SPNs.
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December 2024
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Background: Computed tomography (CT)-guided hook-wire localization is currently the most commonly used technique for preoperative localization of pulmonary nodules in clinical practice. With the increasing incidence of multiple primary lung cancers and the increasing occurrence of second primary lung cancers or local recurrences after lung cancer surgery, some patients need to undergo an ipsilateral or contralateral second pulmonary resection. In order to reduce the surgical difficulty of the second operation and accurately guide the surgical resection, preoperative localization of some nodules is necessary.
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January 2025
Department of Urology, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266550, China.
This case highlights the effective use of retroperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (RLPN) in a 73-year-old female with two large renal carcinomas in her solitary kidney, including a 7 cm deeply infiltrating mass. The RLPN procedure successfully resected both tumors with a thermal ischemia time of 28 minutes, 110 minutes of surgery, and only 30 mL of blood loss. The patient's postoperative recovery was excellent, with no hemorrhage or urine leakage and only a mild increase in serum creatinine levels.
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January 2025
Surgical Oncology, Aster Hospitals Inc, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Ovarian cancer is the second most fatal gynaecological malignancy. The relapses after treatment of ovarian cancer usually occur within 2 years after completion of the first-line therapy. Recurrent ovarian cancer commonly presents as peritoneal surface deposits in the abdomen with or without ascites.
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