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Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
June 2023
Otorhinolaryngology Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto-Francisco Gentil (IPOP FG), Porto, Portugal.
Pharyngocutaneous fistula is the leading complication following total laryngectomy. It delays complementary treatments, speech rehabilitation and oral feeding. Despite evolving medical care, fistula incidence remains high.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Cancer Res Ther
April 2023
Department of Radiation Oncology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.
In the last couple of decades, the management of malignant bone tumor (MBT) has seen a sea change. With the advent in surgical technics, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, it has moved from disabling amputation to limb salvage surgery. Extracorporeal irradiation (ECI) and re-implantation of resected bone is a useful method of limb salvage of MBTs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Bras Nefrol
December 2019
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Divisão de Nefrologia, Natal, RN, Brasil.
Introduction: Vascular access (VA) in hemodialysis (HD) is essential to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients survival. Unfortunately, after some years in HD program, a significant number of patients may develop VA failure for many reasons. In this situation, arterial venous fistula (AVF) confection or catheters placement in traditional vascular sites (jugular, femoral or subclavian) are not feasible.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChirurg
July 2017
Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Krankenhaus Porz am Rhein, Urbacher Weg 19, 51149, Köln, Deutschland.
Restorative proctocolectomy under formation of an ileoanal/ileorectal J‑pouch has become the procedure of choice in the therapy of ulcerative colitis. Although patients experience a dramatic improvement of their quality of life, surgery is not successful in about 5-10% of all treated patients. The reasons for failure are chronic pouchitis, incontinence, delayed diagnosis of Crohn's disease, fistula, surgical complications, too long remnant rectal stump, chronic abscess, and surgical technical errors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProg Urol
November 2015
Département d'urologie-andrologie-transplantation rénale, CHU Rangueil, 1, avenue Jean-Poulhès, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France.
Objective: To describe neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatments to surgery and the place of surgery in the recurrence after primary treatments.
Material And Method: Bibliography search was performed from the database Medline (National Library of Medicine, Pubmed), selected according to the scientific relevance. The research was focused on treatments before and after surgery, biological recurrence and surgery as the procedure in case of failure of other treatments of non-metastatic prostate cancer.
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