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Scalpel, scissor cause less damage, better results than electrocautery during BCT.
2004 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scalpel plus scissor in breast conserving surgery cause less tissue damage and have better cosmetic results at the 3-year follow-up, researchers say.
According to a study from Japan, "Breast conserving therapy (BCT) was originally developed to achieve the same survival outcome as mastectomy while improving the quality of life.
"In fact, this approach resulted in high local control rates, but 30% of patients treated with BCT using electrocautery had a fair or poor cosmetic result at the 3-year follow-up. In 106 patients with stage I and II breast cancer treated by wide excision and axillary dissection using scalpel plus scissor or electrocautery followed by radiation therapy, the histological damage and cosmetic results were analyzed," wrote D. Yamamoto and colleagues, Kansai Medical University, Department of Surgery.
"The duration of operation in the scalpel plus scissor group was shorter than that in the electrocautery group, although blood loss was greater. The electrocautery caused extensive histological tissue damage to the stump compared with the scalpel plus scissor group," the researchers wrote.
"The cell death by TUNEL method was significantly increased on electrocautery groups. In addition, ...
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...requires corporate success to be a testament to the spirit of entrepreneurship and corporate failure the result of a one-dimensional number-cruncher wielding a scalpel. Plus ca change. Damian Wild is group editor in chief of Accountancy Age.
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...he uses need to be dormant and at their peak of vigour, so twin-scaling may not begin until April. Then out comes the scalpel, plus a steady jet of flame. With foliage and roots trimmed away, the top third of the tiny bulb will be removed and the remainder...
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