Treatment failure can occur with any regimen in patients with or without HIV infection. Because the possibility of clinical relapse after syphilis therapy may be slightly higher in HIV-infected patients, the importance of closely following HIV-infected patients with syphilis cannot be overstated.
Lumpectomy (sometimes known as a tylectomy) is a surgical removal of a discrete portion or lump of breast, usually in the treatment of malignant tumor or breast cancer.
A lithotomy is a type of surgical procedure where the removal of stones, or calculi, is carried out. The term lithotomy is generally used to refer to the extraction of kidney stones, but stones may also be removed from other parts of the body, such as the gall bladder.