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How many articles have you read today. I know it really depends on a range of things – including your diligence, interest and enthusiasm. Even with the best will in the world it is really difficult to even consider a digest of relevant literature. MDLinx provides a series of abstracts and links to articles on topics you can customise. I have used it to some degree but made the mistake of signing up for too many special interests. Here is one day’s digest of Surgical Oncology articles – you can have this range of material on a daily basis – essentially a free daily newsletter with the most important news in your specialty.

Excision Margins for Primary Cutaneous Melanoma
Lens, M. B., et al. - Although this meta-analysis did not show any statistically significant difference between patients treated with wide or narrow excision margins insofar as overall mortality and locoregional and local recurrences, current evidence is insufficient to address the optimal excision margins for all types of melanomas. Further research is required to establish the appropriate local treatment for different types of primary melanoma and subgroups of patients [more...] Archives of Surgery, 09/20/07

Giant fibroadenoma of one breast: Immediate bilateral reconstruction
Dolmans, G., et al. - A rare case of giant fibroadenoma of the left breast is presented. We performed a nipple sparing subcutaneous mastectomy of the left breast. Since the patient desired larger breasts, a contralateral augmentation mammaplasty was carried out in a single stage operation. A [more...]

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 09/28/07

Clinicopathologic features of papillary lesions on core needle biopsy of the breast predictive of malignancy
Arora, N., et al. - The necessity for surgical excision of papillary lesions identified on percutaneous breast biopsy remains controversial. We reviewed data from patients with papillary lesions found on core needle [more...]

The American Journal of Surgery, 09/28/07

Effective methods for disclosing breast cancer diagnosis
Azu, M. C., et al. - The current study sought to determine effective methods for disclosing breast cancer diagnosis and to identify epidemiologic patterns in patient preference for method of information disclosure...Patients have defined preferences about breast cancer diagnosis disclosure, [more...]

The American Journal of Surgery, 09/28/07

Preoperative endoscopic pancreatic stenting for prophylaxis of pancreatic duct disruption during extirpation of a pancreatic head tumor
Shimura, T., et al. - Pancreatic fistula is a major problem in minimal invasive surgery of the pancreas. To prevent the disruption of the pancreatic duct, the surgeon must recognize the site of the pancreatic duct exactly [more...]

The American Journal of Surgery, 09/28/07

Rapidly reversible closure of mini-laparotomy during laparoscopic colorectal surgery
Jamali, F. R., et al. - Specimen extraction has been described as the “Achilles heel” of laparoscopic colonic surgery. In most cases, this extraction is performed via a tailored, appropriately placed mini-laparotomy [more...]

The American Journal of Surgery, 09/28/07

Here are the titles from the Laparoscopy / Endoscopy newsletter. Like the others the sources are mainly but not exclusively American journals. Worth a look.

The Incidence of Pulmonary Embolism in Open versus Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

Recovery of respiratory motion and deformation of the liver using laparoscopic freehand 3D ultrasound system

Totally extra-peritoneal repair of inguinal hernia by a glove-balloon: Technical innovation

Laparoscopic Intragastric Full-thickness Excision (LIFE) of Posterior Gastric Lesions under Flexible Endoscopic Control?A Feasibility Study

Case-Matched Comparison of the Retroperitoneal Approach With Laparotomy for Necrotizing Pancreatitis

Treatment for persistent chronic neuralgia after inguinal hernioplasty

Laparoscopic hemicolectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis

Novel Technique of Knotless Hemostatic Renal Parenchymal Suture Repair During Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy

Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Ureterocalicostomy

Torsion of a uterine leiomyoma: MRI features

All the surgical disciplines are available; cardiac, orthopaedic, plastic, urology etc, etc. Worth a look!