A5026855363- Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
- Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Meningioma and schwannoma management
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
- Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
- Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment
- Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
- Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments
- Brain Metastases and Treatment
- Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
- Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas
- Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
- Head and Neck Anomalies
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments
- Testicular diseases and treatments
- Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
- Breast Lesions and Carcinomas
- Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui-University Medical Center
2021-2024
Saint Joseph University
2007-2020
Hôtel-Dieu de France
2007-2019
Lebanese Association for Energy Saving & for Environment
2019
Saint Joseph's University
2013-2014
Hôtel-Dieu de Paris
1995-2013
University Medical Center Rizk Hospital
2008
To assess the incidence and clinical relevance of inadvertent parathyroidectomy during thyroidectomy, possibility reducing its occurrence.Retrospective study.University hospital.Consecutive patients who underwent thyroidectomy from 1999 to 2005, divided into 2 groups (group 1, those with parathyroidectomy; group 2, without parathyroidectomy). Patients surgical procedures for recurrent thyroid disease, intentional parathyroidectomy, resection central compartment viscera were excluded.All...
Meningeal melanocytoma is a rare benign CNS tumor derived from the leptomeningeal melanocytes. Although unusual, malignant transformation with seeding into brain or spinal cord may occur years after initial diagnosis. The authors report unique case of multifocal meningeal involving both cerebellopontine angles and thoracic cord, associated diffuse hyperpigmentation. They review literature relevant to this topic discuss radiological pathological features disease as well its treatment options.
Many studies have reported that drainage after thyroidectomy does not decrease the rate of local postoperative complications. We sought to review safety combined with cervical neck dissection (CND) without drainage.The medical records consecutive patients who underwent were retrospectively reviewed. Two groups defined depending on whether CND was or performed. The main outcome identification bleeding, hematoma seroma.We included 1127 (139 had and 988 did not). Of these, 207 (18%) transient...
Background: High-resolution sonography is becoming a method of choice for the detection and diagnosis cervical lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The purpose this study to assess diagnostic accuracy neck ultrasound (US) metastases from PTC.Methods: Data all cancers preoperative US were reviewed retrospectively. was determined according whether histologically confirmed cancer present surgical specimens.Results: A total 206 (149 central 57 lateral nodes...
Author(s): Moutran, Roy; Maatouk, Ismael; Stephan, Farid; Halaby, Eugenie; Abadjian, Gerard; Tomb, Roland
To determine the incidence, characteristics, and survival outcomes of triple-negative breast cancer patients in a medical oncology practice Lebanon.The pathology reports all cases diagnosed or treated 1997-2008 were reviewed.One hundred seventy (9.3%) 1,834 that identified this over 10-year span had phenotype, with median age at diagnosis 52 years. The distribution those was as follows: invasive ductal carcinoma, 85%; medullary 5%; lobular 95 (63%) grade III. At diagnosis, 17% presented...
This study aims to review the safety of thyroidectomy combined with cervical neck dissection without drainage in well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma (WDTC). The medical records consecutive patients who underwent for WDTC were retrospectively reviewed. Group 1 included 123 central and 2 46 lateral dissection. One hundred twenty-seven 3. Overall, 16 (5%) developed postoperative hematoma and/or seroma, seven (6%) 1, three (7%) 2, six All had minor bleeding or seroma not requiring surgical...
Testicular tumors constitute a rare type of cancer affecting adolescents and young adults with recent reports confirming an increase in incidence worldwide. The purpose this study was to estimate the epidemiological characteristics histological subtypes testicular Lebanese population according WHO classification paratesticular tumors.In single institutional retrospective study, all patients diagnosed tumor Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital University Beirut between 1992 2014 were enrolled. age,...
Therapeutic attitudes for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) range from observation alone to aggressive management. Clinicopathologic features, therapeutic options, and follow-up results are described in a series of PTMC revealed by cervical adenopathies. Twelve patients were enrolled this retrospective study. They all treated total/near-total thyroidectomy with dissection suspect lymph nodes followed radioactive iodine (RAI) suppressive L-thyroxine therapies. Mean age at diagnosis was...
To review the safety of thyroidectomy combined with cervical neck dissection without drainage, in patients papillary thyroid carcinoma.Two groups were defined depending on whether was or not performed (groups one and two, respectively).Group included 153 central 52 lateral dissection. Group two 121 patients. Post-operative drainage used either group. Overall, 17 (5 per cent) developed post-operative haematoma and/or seroma: 12 (6 group 5 (4 two. There no major bleeding episodes; only minor...
The incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma increased in several countries. purpose this study was to quantify the changes carcinomas our University Hospital.Retrospective study.All 1.927 thyroidectomy cases studied Pathology Department Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital (Beirut, Lebanon), between 2003 and 2013, were included.The Female/Male Sex Ratio population 3.7/1. mean age female patients significantly lower than that male patients. most frequent diagnoses multinodular goiter (78%)...