According to new research, radiation therapy administered before surgery rarely produces favorable responses in patients with ...

New Malignant Diseases After Allogeneic Marrow Transplantation for Childhood Acute Leukemia PURPOSE: To determine the incidence of metastatic disease and usage of chemotherapy (adjuvant or metastatic) ...

Background A 60-year-old man with a history of atherosclerotic disease of the carotid and coronary vasculature presented with lower back pain and acute renal failure. Imaging studies revealed ...

Patients often don't realize they have RPS until the disease has reached an advanced stage. As a result of delayed diagnosis, surgery is the primary treatment, and these operations can be highly ...

Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare inflammatory disorder that results in the formation of fibrous tissue, affecting the organs located at the back of the abdomen. It is also known as Ormond's disease ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection conferred favorable survival rates among men with ...

Fighting retroperitoneal sarcoma can be like fighting a rare and giant beast. For patients with retroperitoneal sarcoma, surgery is still the only chance for cure. However, these are not ...

In our patient, hydronephrosis developed in the left kidney (Figure 3). Prednisolone therapy was started and a pigtail ureteric stent was inserted to drain the hydronephrotic kidney. The last ...

To describe a case of retroperitoneal lymphocele as an extremely rare complication after lumbar spine fracture. A 71-year-old man presented with severe intractable low back pain caused by a huge ...

New Delhi: Doctors at Safdarjung Hospital removed a 10.1 kg retroperitoneal tumour from the abdomen of a 19-year-old girl, who was living with severe abdominal swelling for nearly five years. The ...

Ureters: Tube-like structures that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder. Aorta: Largest artery of the body. Inferior vena cava: One of the largest veins in the body that carry blood ...