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Association Between Breast Reconstruction Surgery and Quality of Life in Iranian Breast Cancer Patients

open access: yesActa Medica Iranica, 2017
Breast reconstruction (BR) surgery is not common for the treatment of breast cancer in low- and middle-income countries, including Iran. We evaluated the quality of life (QoL) in Iranian breast cancer patients who underwent BR at the Cancer Institute of ...
Farnaz Sinaei   +5 more
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Block scheduling in practice: An optimal decomposition strategy for nonidentical operating rooms

open access: yesDecision Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract We develop and implement a Master Surgery Schedule for a real‐life hospital, assigning operating room (OR) time to surgical specialties over a multi‐week horizon. Through action research, we identify a critical operational challenge: the issue of split blocks. Split blocks allow two specialties to share an OR on the same day—one in the morning,
Vincent J. J. van Ham   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regional anesthesia options in managing mastectomy: A case series

open access: yesBali Journal of Anesthesiology, 2020
Regional anesthesia can be a choice of technique in mastectomy surgery. The paravertebral block provides a safer setting by maintaining stable hemodynamic compared to thoracic epidural block and less of opioid needed in the postoperative period.
Hinarto Hinarto   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beautiful Disease: The Story of Angelina Jolie’s Mastectomy in the American Media [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In 2013 Angelina Jolie revealed in a New York Times editorial that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy earlier that year. This qualitative study examines the social meaning of that Times piece.
Michel, Angie
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The spectrum of breast in situ papillary carcinomas with invasion and invasive breast carcinomas with papillary features: an overview of histological subtypes and diagnostic challenges

open access: yesHistopathology, EarlyView.
Invasive breast carcinomas with papillary features (IBCP) comprise diverse subtypes with variable architecture, histopathology, and clinical behaviour. This review outlines evolving classification, diagnostic criteria, and treatment implications, highlighting challenges in distinguishing in situ from invasive lesions. Standardised diagnostic approaches
Emad A Rakha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Myoplasty as a method for the prevention of prolonged lymphorrhea after radical mastectomy

open access: yesОпухоли женской репродуктивной системы, 2015
Lymphorrhea plays a leading role in the development of post-mastectomy pain syndrome and gives rise to lymphocele, local complications, and delayed adjuvant therapy and it is accompanied by longer hospitalization and a larger number of outpatient visits ...
A. Kh. Ismagilov   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breast cancer in Malta : a comparative study between the year 2000 and 2010 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Introduction: During the last decade, Malta experienced the introduction of a number of programmes and initiatives aiming to raise risk and cancer awareness on breast cancer.
Caruana Dingli, Gordon, Caruana, Mandy
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Translucent Papules on a Mastectomy Scar

open access: yes
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Hind Ouerghi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating Nurse Practitioners' Peri‐Operative Roles and Their Outcomes: A Prospective Observational Study in Surgical Care

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To evaluate nurse practitioner (NP) roles during the peri‐operative period and their association with healthcare outcomes, including length of stay (LOS), post‐operative emergency department (ED) visits and 30‐day readmissions. Design A prospective observational study.
Limor Chen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multimodality management of soft tissue sarcomas [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
Soft tissue sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of malignant tumours arising from connective tissues of mesenchymal origin. By definition sarcomas arising from bone or cartilage are excluded though they have much in common in their behaviour as well as in
Brincat, Stephen
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