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Gynakol Geburtshilfliche Rundsch ; 45(2): 116-20, 2005 Apr.
Article in German | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15818054

ABSTRACT

UNLABELLED: The aim of this investigation was to document the personal learning curve of the sentinel lymphonodectomy in breast surgery and to compare it with the experiences of other authors. RESULTS: Between July 1999 and May 2004, the authors performed 218 sentinel lymphonodectomies, 48 of them during the 24-month evaluation period with consecutive full axillary dissection. The overall detection rate was 212/218 or 97.2%, while during the evaluation period it was 38/48 or 89.6% (failures were procedures No. 6, 7, 22, 24 and 47). Among the first 48 cases, 24 had histologically proven metastasis to one or more of the axillary lymph nodes. In 3 of these cases, we were not able to detect a sentinel lymph node, and 4 times the sentinel lymph node was false-negative after rapid section. The false-negative results during the learning period belonged to cases No. 2, 10, 23 and 29 (4/21 or 19%). From September 2001 until May 2004, the detection rate was over 99% (165/166). DISCUSSION: Our own experience documents the initial difficulties and insecurities with this operative procedure. The common recommendations, i.e. that sentinel lymphonodectomy without axillary clearance should not be offered before having completed one's own learning curve with the aid of experienced surgeons, are to be supported.


Subject(s)
Breast Neoplasms/pathology , Carcinoma, Ductal/pathology , Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/pathology , Lymph Node Excision , Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy , Axilla , Biopsy, Fine-Needle , Breast Neoplasms/surgery , Carcinoma, Ductal/surgery , Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/surgery , False Negative Reactions , Female , Humans , Lymph Nodes/pathology , Lymphatic Metastasis/pathology , Prognosis , Reproducibility of Results , Switzerland
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Gynakol Geburtshilfliche Rundsch ; 45(1): 28-38, 2005 Jan.
Article in German | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15644638

ABSTRACT

Complete axillary dissection is still integral component of breast cancer treatment, but significant morbidity is associated with this procedure. Sentinel lymphonodectomy can replace complete axillary dissection in selected cases and can significantly reduce morbidity. Sentinel lymphonodectomy has become a new surgical standard and should be offered to all patients with unicentric tumors of less than 3 cm in diameter. Open questions concern the localization of the market injection, the significance of detecting and extirpation of extra-axillary lymph nodes, the applicability of the method to multicentric tumors, after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, after previous breast biopsy, to DCIS and tumors of more than 3 cm in diameter. Clinical trials have to establish whether axillary dissection after finding a micrometastasis in the sentinel node is necessary or not.


Subject(s)
Breast Neoplasms/surgery , Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/surgery , Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy/standards , Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use , Axilla/surgery , Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy , Breast Neoplasms/pathology , Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/drug therapy , Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/pathology , Female , Humans , Lymph Node Excision/standards , Lymphatic Metastasis/pathology , Neoadjuvant Therapy , Neoplasm Staging , Practice Guidelines as Topic , Predictive Value of Tests , Prognosis , Quality Assurance, Health Care/standards
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Can J Anaesth ; 51(1): 84-7, 2004 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14709468

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: Recurrent cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease is a frequent complication of liver transplantation. Visceral leishmaniosis in a transplant recipient is, on the other hand, extremely rare and only two cases of kala-azar have been described after liver transplantation. Immunosuppressed patients are known to be at risk of Legionella infection and the relationship between infection with this organism and hospital water supplies has been well described. These three diseases carry a high mortality rate. Our report examines the potential relationship between these complications. CLINICAL FEATURES: We describe the case of a liver transplant recipient who presented the three complications successively and survived. After reviewing the literature, we explore hypotheses linking these infections and discuss treatment strategies. CONCLUSIONS: In the patient described, infection with leishmania probably occurred months prior to the clinical presentation, a delay that matches the incubation period of kala-azar. The simultaneous onset of leishmaniosis and of a high CMV viremia may have been a coincidence. However, CMV infection has been shown to be an independent predictor of invasive fungal infection in liver transplant recipients. CMV does indeed have a suppressive effect on the humoral and cellular immune response in vitro as well as in vivo. The clinical manifestations of leishmaniosis may, therefore, have been precipitated in this patient by the additive immunosuppressive effect of antirejection drugs and CMV.


Subject(s)
Cytomegalovirus Infections/complications , Legionnaires' Disease/complications , Leishmaniasis, Visceral/complications , Liver Transplantation , Postoperative Complications/etiology , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Antimony Sodium Gluconate/therapeutic use , Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use , Bone and Bones/parasitology , Bone and Bones/pathology , Clarithromycin/therapeutic use , Cross Infection/epidemiology , Cross Infection/therapy , Cytomegalovirus Infections/drug therapy , Cytomegalovirus Infections/virology , Foscarnet/therapeutic use , Ganciclovir/therapeutic use , Humans , Legionnaires' Disease/drug therapy , Legionnaires' Disease/therapy , Leishmaniasis, Visceral/drug therapy , Leishmaniasis, Visceral/parasitology , Male , Middle Aged , Postoperative Complications/therapy , Schistosomicides/therapeutic use , Viral Load
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Lasers Surg Med ; 32(1): 61-8, 2003.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12516073

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Experimental assessment of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for malignant pleural mesothelioma using a polyethylene glycol conjugate of meta-tetrahydroxyphenylchlorin (PEG-mTHPC). STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS: (a) PDT was tested on H-meso-1 xenografts (652 nm laser light; fluence 10 J/cm(2); 0.93, 9.3, or 27.8 mg/kg of PEG-mTHPC; drug-light intervals 3-8 days). (b) Intraoperative PDT with similar treatment conditions was performed in the chest cavity of minipigs (n = 18) following extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) using an optical integrating balloon device combined with in situ light dosimetry. RESULTS: (a) PDT using PEG-mTHPC resulted in larger extent of tumor necrosis than in untreated tumors (P < or = 0.01) without causing damage to normal tissue. (b) Intraoperative PDT following EPP was well tolerated in 17 of 18 animals. Mean fluence and fluence rates measured at four sites of the chest cavity ranged from 10.2 +/- 0.2 to 13.2 +/- 2.3 J/cm(2) and 5.5 +/- 1.2 to 7.9 +/- 1.7 mW/cm(2) (mean +/- SD). Histology 3 months after light delivery revealed no PDT related tissue injury in all but one animal. CONCLUSIONS: PEG-mTHPC mediated PDT showed selective destruction of mesothelioma xenografts without causing damage to intrathoracic organs in pigs at similar treatment conditions. The light delivery system afforded regular light distribution to different parts of the chest cavity.


Subject(s)
Mesoporphyrins/therapeutic use , Mesothelioma/drug therapy , Photochemotherapy/instrumentation , Photochemotherapy/methods , Photosensitizing Agents/therapeutic use , Pleural Neoplasms/drug therapy , Polyethylene Glycols/therapeutic use , Animals , Computer Systems , Disease Models, Animal , Female , Mesothelioma/surgery , Mice , Mice, Nude , Pleural Neoplasms/surgery , Pneumonectomy , Radiometry
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