Background:Liposuction is the commonest aesthetic procedure performed by Indian plastic surgeons. However, there exists substantial disparity amongst Indian surgeons about guidelines concerning liposuction. To address this disparity, a nationwide email survey (Association of Plastic Surgeons of India [APSI] database) was started in December 2013 and continued for 5 months.Material and Methods:The survey was developed with software from www.fluidsurveys.com. The study was designed to cover most aspects of patient selection, perioperative management, technical considerations, postoperative management and complications. This is the first survey to be conducted in India for an extremely popular procedure. It is also one of the most exhaustive surveys that have been conducted in terms of the topics covered.Results and Conclusions:One hundred and eighteen surgeons (including a majority of the cosmetic surgery stalwarts in the country) completed the survey. As expected, the results show a disparity in most parameters but also consolidation on some issues. Liposuction is considered extremely safe (86.1%). The majority of surgeons (70.3%) aspirated >5 L at onetime. The majority (80.2%) felt that the limits for liposuction should be relative and not absolute. The survey highlights lack of standardization with respect to infiltration solutions. The commonest complications observed were contour irregularities, followed by seroma and inadequate skin redrape. The amount of aspirate is the only factor, which achieves statistical significance with respect to major complications. A review of the current evidence and recommendations has been incorporated, along with an in depth analysis of the survey.
Paget's disease is an intraepithelial adenocarcinoma arising from the apocrine gland component of the skin. Paget's disease is most common in the breast but extra mammary disease is also seen. Perianal Paget's disease is a rare form of extramammary disease with few cases reported in literature. It can be primary-arising from the skin or secondary-cutaneous metastases of anorectal or genitourinary malignancy. We hereby wish to report a case of perianal Paget's disease that presented as an eczematous lesion and was diagnosed incidentally on biopsy. After appropriate staging, the patient underwent wide local excision till negative margins were obtained. The resultant tissue defect was successfully covered by split-thickness skin grafting.
Background: Pseudomyxoma peritonei with disseminated peritoneal adenomucinosis is a rare, chronic, relapsing, diagnostically challenging and poorly understood disease characterized by mucinous ascites and peritoneal implants.Methods: All the patients diagnosed as pseudomyxoma peritoneii admitted to Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences were analysed retrospectively. A total of 17 patients were analysed with regard to sex, mode of presentation, management, histopathological analysis and further treatment. Patients with peritoneal implants that came positive for malignancy were excluded from the study.Results: 17 patients were studied; out of which, majority were females 64.7% (11), abdominal distension 52.9% (9) was the most common presentation, 52.9% (9) patients underwent cytoreductive that was thought to be incomplete, 47.05% (8) had complete cytoreductive surgery. In 94.11% ( 16), the origin of majority of the tumors were appendix with only case where the origin was from ovary and appendix was found to be normal. Histopathologically, 29.4% (5) was mucinous cystadenoma of appendix with DPAM, 41.2% (7) cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix, 29.4% (5) patients were diagnosed as mucinous neoplasm of appendix with uncertain malignant potential with disseminated peritoneal adenomucinosis (DPAM). Patients with malignant features in appendix were considered for adjuvant chemotherapy. Most of the patients were followed-up for a period ranging from 1 year to 7 years with a median of 3 years. Out of 17 patients, 5 patients developed features of recurrence but were managed conservatively without the need for surgery.Conclusion: Disseminated peritoneal adenomucinosis (DPAM) is a distinct clinical entity when peritoneal carcinomatosis is to be ruled out. Appendix is the most common origin of DPAM even in females. Abdominal distension is the commonest presentation. Surgical debulking is an ideal option even when complete cytoreductive surgery is not possible. Assessment of tumor histology is important in ruling out the peritoneal carcinoma. In DPAM, good long-term results can be obtained with only cytoreductive surgery.
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