3 results match your criteria: "Orbis Medical Center Sittard[Affiliation]"

Background: Seroma formation is a common complication following mastectomy for invasive breast cancer. Mastectomy flap fixation is achieved by reducing dead space volume using interrupted subcutaneous sutures.

Methods: All patients undergoing mastectomy due to invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) were eligible for inclusion.

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Metachronous colorectal cancers result from missed lesions and non-compliance with surveillance.

Gastrointest Endosc

August 2015

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands; GROW, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Background: Several studies examined the rate of colorectal cancer (CRC) developed during colonoscopy surveillance after CRC resection (ie, metachronous CRC [mCRC]), yet the underlying etiology is unclear.

Objective: To examine the rate and likely etiology of mCRCs.

Design: Population-based, multicenter study.

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Reply to Letter: "Computerized Tomography-based Diagnosis of Sarcopenia?".

Ann Surg

January 2016

Department of Surgery Maastricht University Medical Center NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology, and Metabolism Maastricht University Maastricht, The Netherlands Department of Surgery Orbis Medical Center Sittard, The Netherlands Department of Surgery Maastricht University Medical Center NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology, and Metabolism Maastricht University Maastricht, The Netherlands.

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