Oncology
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NCCN: Skip ALND in Some Early Breast Cancer
Clinical Review
Total Joint Arthroplasty in Patients With a History of Cancer
In this review, we describe the pertinent issues that reconstructive surgeons face when treating patients with cancer. These issues include the...
Case Reports
Fracture-Site Osteoid Osteoma in a 26-Year-Old Man
Abstract not available. Introduction provided instead. Osteoid osteoma is a benign osteoblastic lesion of bone.
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Pancreatic Cancer Risk Not Confined to IPMN Target Cyst
Major Finding: Overall, 3.2% of patients were found to have pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in a region of the gland separate from the...
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Everolimus Shrinks Angiomyolipomas from Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Major Finding: Everolimus was superior to placebo in terms of achieving an angiomyolipoma response (41.8% vs. 0%; P less than .0001) and the time...
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Re-Excision Rates After Breast-Conserving Surgery Vary Greatly
Major Finding: The rate of re-excision after initial breast-conserving surgery for invasive breast cancer varied from 0% to 70% across different...
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Heparin Bridging Associated With Increased Bleeding Risk
Major Finding: Patients who received heparin bridging during interruption of oral anticoagulation had a significantly increased risk of overall...
Case Reports
Hip Hemiarthroplasty Periprosthetic Loosening Caused by Papillary Ovarian Carcinoma Metastasis in a 78-Year-Old Woman: A Rare Presentation and a Literature Review
Hip arthroplasty failure secondary to septic or aseptic loosening is common, but periprosthetic loosening caused by metastasis of a distant...
Original Research
Effectiveness of Ultraporous β-Tricalcium Phosphate (Vitoss) as Bone Graft Substitute for Cavitary Defects in Benign and Low-Grade Malignant Bone Tumors
We retrospectively evaluated healing with ultraporous β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP [Vitoss; Orthovida, Malvern, Pennsylvania]) bone graft in...
Article
Infrapatellar Branch of Saphenous Neurectomy for Painful Neuroma: A Case Report
We present the case of an 18-year-old woman who was healthy other than a history of multiple arthroscopic right knee surgeries culminating in...
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Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Ups Surgical Risk
Major Finding: Unilateral breast cancer patients undergoing contralateral prophylactic mastectomy were 1.5 times more likely to experience...