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Objective To evaluate the complication rate of secondary surgery in patients with benign thyroid disease. Methods From June 1992 to June 2003, 65 patients underwent reoperation. Operative procedures. pathology and complications were reviewed. Results The first surgery was unilateral in 27 cases (41.5%), bilateral in 38 (58.5%). Reoperation identified carcinoma in 8 cases with complications developed in 8 cases and left over permanent in 1 case (1.5%). Conclusion The complication rate of second operation is higher than that of first thyroid surgery, but still acceptable.
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ObjectiveTo assess the surgical results and implications of clinicopathologic features on the prognosis of patients with hepatic matastases from gastric adenocarcinoma. MethodsNinety one of 834 patients with primary gastric cancer were diagnosed with synchronous ( n =79) or metachronous ( n =12)hepatic metastases. Twenty-one cases underwent hepatectomy for the metastasis. Results The actuarial 1-year, 3-year survival rates after hepatic resection were respectively 69% and 30%. Solitary and metachronous metastases were significant determinants for a favorable prognosis after hepatic resection. Pathologically, tumor pseudomembrane was found in 13 out of 21 patients which was associated with a favorable prognosis. ConclusionsSolitary and metachronous hepatic metastases from gastric cancer should be treated by a surgical approach which confers a good prognosis. The formation of pseudomembrane of the metastatic tumor predicts a favourable postoperative survival.