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Surgical Treatment Of A Rare Primary Renal Carcinoid Tumor With Liver Metastasis, Roberto Gedaly, Hoonbae Jeon, Thomas D. Johnston, Patrick P. Mchugh, Randall G. Rowland, Dinesh Ranjan
Surgical Treatment Of A Rare Primary Renal Carcinoid Tumor With Liver Metastasis, Roberto Gedaly, Hoonbae Jeon, Thomas D. Johnston, Patrick P. Mchugh, Randall G. Rowland, Dinesh Ranjan
Surgery Faculty Publications
BACKGROUND: Carcinoid tumors are characteristically low grade malignant neoplasms with neuroendocrine differentiation that arise in various body sites, most commonly the lung and gastrointestinal tract, but less frequently the kidneys, breasts, ovaries, testes, prostate and other locations. We report a case of a carcinoid of renal origin with synchronous single liver metastases on radiological studies.
CASE PRESENTATION: A 45 year-old patient who presented with abdominal pain was found on CT scan to have lesions in the right ovary, right kidney, and left hepatic lobe. CA-125, CEA, and CA 19-9 were within normal limits, as were preoperative liver function tests and …
Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Therapy For Lumbar Spinal Stenosis., James N Weinstein, Tor D Tosteson, Jon D Lurie, Anna N A Tosteson, Emily Blood, Brett Hanscom, Harry Herkowitz, Frank Cammisa, Todd Albert, Scott D Boden, Alan Hilibrand, Harley Goldberg, Sigurd Berven, Howard An
Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Therapy For Lumbar Spinal Stenosis., James N Weinstein, Tor D Tosteson, Jon D Lurie, Anna N A Tosteson, Emily Blood, Brett Hanscom, Harry Herkowitz, Frank Cammisa, Todd Albert, Scott D Boden, Alan Hilibrand, Harley Goldberg, Sigurd Berven, Howard An
Rothman Institute Faculty Papers
BACKGROUND: Surgery for spinal stenosis is widely performed, but its effectiveness as compared with nonsurgical treatment has not been shown in controlled trials.
METHODS: Surgical candidates with a history of at least 12 weeks of symptoms and spinal stenosis without spondylolisthesis (as confirmed on imaging) were enrolled in either a randomized cohort or an observational cohort at 13 U.S. spine clinics. Treatment was decompressive surgery or usual nonsurgical care. The primary outcomes were measures of bodily pain and physical function on the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form General Health Survey (SF-36) and the modified Oswestry Disability Index at 6 weeks, …