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BACKGROUND: Pilonidal disease in the natal cleft is treated traditionally by a wide and deep excision of the affected area. There is growing awareness, however, to the advantages of minimally invasive surgeries. OBJECTIVES: To compare the efficacy of wide excision operations and minimal trephine surgery in patients with primary pilonidal disease. METHODS: In this retrospective study we examined surgical and inpatient records of 2039 patients who underwent surgery for primary pilonidal disease in five private hospitals between 2009 and 2012. Most procedures were of lay-open, primary midline closure, and minimal surgery types. Pilonidal recurrence rates were evaluated in a subset of 1260 patients operated by 53 surgeons each performing one type of surgery, regardless of patient characteristics or disease severity. RESULTS: With a mean follow-up of 7.2 years, 81.5%, 85%, and 88% of patients were disease-free after minimally invasive surgery, wide excision with primary closure, and lay-open surgery, respectively, with no statistically significant difference in recurrence rates. Minimal surgeries were usually performed under local anesthesia and involved lower pain levels, less need for analgesics, and shorter hospital stays than wide excision operations, which were normally performed under general anesthesia. The use of drainage, antibiotics, or methylene blue had no effect on recurrence of pilonidal disease. CONCLUSIONS: Minimally invasive surgeries have the advantage of reducing the extent of surgical injury and preserving patient's quality of life. They should be the treatment of choice for primary pilonidal disease.
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Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data , Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures/methods , Pain, Postoperative/epidemiology , Pilonidal Sinus/surgery , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Analgesics/administration & dosage , Anesthesia, General/methods , Anesthesia, Local/methods , Child , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Quality of Life , Recurrence , Retrospective Studies , Treatment Outcome , Young AdultABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to compare the double and the single mesh techniques, both used in the laparoscopic totally extra peritoneal (TEP) repair of bilateral inguinal hernia. Sixty-five patients with bilateral inguinal hernia were enrolled in a prospective, randomized trial comparing the single and the double mesh techniques. The single and the double mesh techniques compared favorably in terms of operating time, long-term morbidity, hospital stay, time for return to work, postoperative quality of life and recurrence rate. However, the cost of a single, large prosthesis was 38% to 40% lower than that of 2 small ones. The laparoscopic TEP repair of bilateral inguinal hernia with a large, single prosthetic mesh is a technically simple and safe procedure, which offers clear cost savings and a potentially shorter operating time over the double mesh repair. It is strongly recommended for the routine, laparoscopic TEP repair of bilateral inguinal hernias.
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Hernia, Inguinal/surgery , Laparoscopy/methods , Surgical Mesh , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Cost-Benefit Analysis , Female , Hernia, Inguinal/epidemiology , Humans , Laparoscopy/economics , Laparoscopy/statistics & numerical data , Male , Middle Aged , Morbidity , Prospective Studies , Quality of Life , Recurrence , Time Factors , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to characterize and assess the presence and frequency of small nonpolypoid colorectal adenocarcinomas among patients with colorectal cancer referred for surgery. The medical, endoscopic, and surgical reports and the histopathologic slides of all patients operated on for colorectal cancer were retrospectively reviewed. Small nonpolypoid colorectal cancer (SNPCC) was defined as a malignant, nonpolypoid lesion smaller than 15 mm. SNPCC was classified according to the Japanese macroscopic classification of colorectal carcinoma. The frequency of SNPCC among patients referred for operation was 1.8%. Most of these patients were asymptomatic and were diagnosed by the same endoscopist using a high-resolution video-endoscope without the assistance of enhancement techniques. These lesions had a mean size of 10.8 mm, were mainly of the flat or flat elevated type, and were located in the distal colon. Among patients with colorectal cancer referred for surgery, 1.8% had SNPCC. These lesions can be detected using high-resolution video-endoscopy equipment without the need for enhancement techniques, as reported in Japanese series. Increased awareness of the existence of such SNPCC lesions may help the average endoscopist detect such lesions. As SNPCC represents colorectal cancer, all the cases in our series were treated by typical oncologic surgical resection.
