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A rare tumor of the breast, phyllodes tumor is uncommon in pregnant women, and spontaneous infarction of this tumor has not been reported to date. Infarction develops in malignant tumors...
PURPOSE: Portal branching patterns (ramification) that differ from those previously described are occasionally encountered during liver surgery. We studied the portal vein branching patterns by performing 64 MDCT.
METHODS: A total...
PURPOSE: Gynecomastia is the most common cause of male breast enlargement and is a disease which can occur in men of all ages. The purpose of this study was to...
Purpose: Bilateral breast cancer (BBC) can be divided into two concurrent lesions, depending on the time of occurrence of primary cancer and secondary tumors after treatment of the primary cancer....
PURPOSE: Various methods have evolved for laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the four-port, three-port or two-port methods. Some authors have recently recommended 2 port laparoscopic cholecystectomy as a useful method. We compared the...
PURPOSE: Surgery for thyroid disease requires skin incisions that can result in postsurgical problems. Therefore, several approaches in thyroid surgery have been developed to avoid large scars on the anterior...
PURPOSE: Conventional thyroidectomy through a skin crease incision in the anterior neck sometimes causes a visible scar. Minimally invasive surgical techniques have been developed, and, recently, more various techniques of...
BACKGROUNDS/AIMS: During the acute phase response, cytokines induce marked alterations in lipid metabolism including an increase in serum triglyceride levels and a decrease in hepatic fatty acid oxidation, in bile...