J Buon
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
The effect of anaesthetic management on neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) levels after robotic surgical oncology.
The main objective of this study was to compare the effect of two anaesthetic techniques (general vs combined) on plasma levels of NGAL (Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin) after robotic urogenital oncosurgery. The secondary objective was to correlate NGAL levels with the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI). ⋯ Impaired renal function and AKI occurred in robot-assisted laparoscopic urogenital oncosurgery under both general and combined anaesthesia. The incidence of AKI was lower in patients undergoing combined anesthesia compared to general anaesthesia after robotic urogenital oncosurgery but the difference did not reach statistical significance. However, plasma levels of NGAL were significantly increased at 6 and 12 hrs in the general anaesthesia group as compared with combined anaesthesia. NGAL may be a better marker in detecting postoperative acute kidney injury. Further studies are needed.
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The role totally implantable vascular devices (TIVAD) have an important role in providing care to cancer patients who require continuous or frequent venous access route either for their primary or supportive care treatments. This retrospective study aimed to analyze the efficacy of TIVAD and device-related complications. ⋯ Most of the complications of TIVAD were early without requiring removal. Port catheters for chemotherapy are safe and well tolerated with acceptable complication rates.
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To evaluate the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for restaging locally advanced nonmucinous rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT). ⋯ Restaging rectal cancer still remains a challenge and better methods are urgently required. The surgical plan before treatment should not be changed except in those cases who had pCR, intolerance or refusing radical operation, for whom an observation strategy could be taken into consideration after the excellent specificity in predicting pCR.