Quality of life after rectal cancer surgery is not worse than that of the general population. The major adverse impact of bowel and urogenital dysfunction is on social functioning. These adverse effects need to be discussed with the patient and preoperative function needs to be taken into account when choosing between treatment options. Permanent colostomy is not always the factor that disrupts a person's quality of life most.

The risk of remarkable long-time arm morbidity after SNB is minimal. Work-related events seem uncommon due to arm morbidity, regardless of the extent of axillary surgery.

Both Lichtenstein and PHS methods resulted in rapid recovery and low recurrence rates. The PHS operation was significantly quicker.

This randomized trial failed to prove that mesh fixation without sutures causes less inguinodynia than suture fixation in Lichtenstein hernioplasty. Mesh fixation without sutures is feasible without compromising postoperative outcome.

Open inguinal hernia repair with a composite self-fixating mesh resulted in similar pain in the early postoperative convalescence period and at 1 year as repair with a sutured lightweight mesh.

Major, curative, rectal cancer surgery in selected elderly patients can be performed with similar indications, perioperative morbidity, and mortality, as well as five-year, cancer-specific and disease-free survival as in younger patients.

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The findings suggest that presence of isolated tumor cells in the sentinel nodes is an adverse prognostic factor in early breast cancer, but its prognostic significance in association with standard factors may be limited.