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Objective: Identification of clinical and biological characteristics of breast cancer in women with mammary Paget's disease (MPD).
Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis for 36 women with a primary diagnosis of mammary Paget's disease, patients were treated in Sant Orsola-Malpighi Breast Unit in Italy, between 2000 and 2016. Patients demographics, clinical data, radiologic and pathologic reports were extracted from electronic health records.
Result: 36 cases of patients with a diagnosis of MPD were involved. The mean age was 64.28 years....[
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Background: Recent work has identified time taken to remove a donor liver during organ retrieval (the extraction time) as a previously unrecognized variable affecting transplant outcome. We evaluated the effect of extraction time on early graft function in our own practice in a busy liver centre. Patients and
Methods: 218 recipients of liver grafts transplanted at our centre (Addenbrooke's, Cambridge) between October 2014 and October 2017 were evaluated. Early graft function was assessed by model for early allograft function (MEAF) score in both univariate and m....[
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Background: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol has been shown to reduce recovery period and postoperative complications. This prospective study aimed to evaluate the short-term outcomes of ERAS in patients who underwent upper gastrointestinal (UGI) surgery.
Methods: Patients who underwent surgery for benign or malignant diseases of the esophagus, esophagogastric junction, or stomach during October 2018-December 2019 were included. Outcomes compared between ERAS and conventional care (CC) included length of hospital stay (LOS), postoperative complica....[
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Background and objectives: Complete mesocolic excision (CME) technique seems to be gaining popularity in cancer colon management. We aim to compare the laparoscopic approach for CME with the open approach in right colon cancer treatment regarding the feasibility, safety and perioperative and oncologic outcomes.
Patients and methods: A prospective study which included all patients that underwent radical right hemicolectomy for pathologic confirmed stage II or stage III tumor with CME at South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University from January 2012 to Decembe....[
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