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Perigraft seroma is a rare complication after open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. We successfully treated large seroma after expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) aortobiiliac graft repair endovascularly. The patient was an 81-year-old lady with the history of five times laparotomy. She

BACKGROUND It was demonstrated that there are many complications following cervicofacial rhytidectomy, such as hematoma, edema, seromas, ecchymosis, nerve injury, hypertrophic scarring, contour irregularities, infection, nausea, vomiting, and so on. Accordingly, there is a lot of reports about the

OBJECTIVE To evaluate postoperative results for dogs with idiopathic laryngeal paralysis that underwent unilateral arytenoid lateralization (UAL). METHODS Retrospective case series. METHODS 39 dogs with idiopathic laryngeal paralysis. METHODS Medical records were reviewed, and information on

A 72-year-old woman underwent complete deep inguinal lymph node dissection on her right side subsequent to metastasis from malignant melanoma. On the second postoperative day, the patient reported of nausea and vomiting. She presented with a mass in the resected area that gradually increased in size

We describe the whole cohort of patients operated on laparoscopically for ventral hernias at our institution. Information on early results, complications, and long-term follow-up was collected prospectively. Of 90 operations attempted, five (5.8%) required conversion. Of the remaining 85 patients,

BACKGROUND Endoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty (TEP) has become an established treatment for the repair of inguinal hernia but its application as an outpatient procedure has not been widely adopted. The present study was undertaken to audit the outcomes of outpatient

BACKGROUND Incarceration and strangulation are the most feared complications of inguinal hernia. Till date, incarcerated hernias have traditionally been treated by conventional open repair. Reports are now available for the feasibility of laparoscopic repair of incarcerated inguinal hernia. Here, we

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and feasibility of single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILS-C) compared with conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy (CLC). METHODS Sixty-five patients (SILS-C: 35, CLC: 30) were prospectively enrolled and operated with conventional straight instruments.

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is common among Danish women with more than 4,100 new cases annually. In 2008 the concept of fast-track surgery was introduced at the Department of Breast Surgery at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen. The aim of this study is to describe the new clinical pathway for breast cancer

From May 1985 to June 1992, 375 patients were enrolled in a prospective controlled randomized clinical trial of peri-operative adjuvant chemotherapy (PAC) associated with long-term adjuvant chemo-endocrinotherapy in order to test the effectiveness of reducing the time interval between surgery and

BACKGROUND There are about 700,000 open mesh repairs done as day surgery procedure in the United States each year; in Germany in 2003 only about 6% of inguinal repairs were done as day surgery procedure. OBJECTIVE Prospective evaluation of complications, recurrence, and chronic postoperative pain

BACKGROUND Vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) was initiated in 1980 as a weight loss operation that restricted oral intake. OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to determine the results of patients who presented with complications of the VBG and wanted reversal of the VBG, not a conversion to another

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of outpatient surgery for early breast cancer in an Italian ambulatory setting and to assess its benefits. METHODS A review of 88 women treated for breast cancer from an outpatient facility was undertaken from July 2003 to December 2006. The

OBJECTIVE The authors describe an initial experience using paravertebral block for ambulatory or short-stay operations for breast cancer. BACKGROUND Rising hospital costs have focused attention on limiting the length of stay for patients undergoing surgical treatment of breast cancer. Thus far,