Medical & Surgical Urology
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Faculty of Health Sciences, Zinguinchor Assan Seck University, Senegal

Biography

Boubacar Fall is affiliated to Department of Urology-Andrology, De la Paix hospital, Ziguinchor, Senegal. His research interests reflect in his wide range of publications in various national and international journals. He is the member of European Scientific Journal.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in Metastatic Kidney Cancer: Experience of the Urology Department at Aristide Le Dantec University Teaching Hospital
  Author(s): Boris Amougou*, Yaya Sow, Arlette Dongmo, David Douglas Banga Nkomo, Jean Paul Engbang, Théodore Sala Beyeme, Joseph Fondop, Demba Cissé, Faustin Atemkeng, Boubacar Fall, Babacar Diao, Abdoulaye Bobo Diallo, Alain Khassim Ndoye, Fru Angwafor III and Mamadou Ba
  
  Aim: to assess the place of cytoreductive nephrectomy in the management of metastatic kidney cancer in our daily practice. Patients and methods: This was a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study from January 2010 to December 2014 on patients aged 18 years and over operated for metastatic kidney cancer. The variables studied were prognostic: Performance Status, tumor stage, sites and number of metastatic sites, prognosis group according to Heng's model, histological type and Furhman grade of the nephrectomy specimen, follow-up postoperative course and overall survival. Results: A total of 12 patients were included. The mean size of the largest axis of the tumors was 14.06 ± 5.3 cm with extremes of 8.2 and 23.8 cm and the tumor was graded T3 in 6 cases. The majority of patients had a single metast.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2168-9857.21.10.260

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