Surgical management of acute cholecystitis: results of a 2-year prospective multicenter survey in Belgium.

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is considered nowadays as the standard management of acute cholecystitis (AC). However, results from multicentric studies in the general surgical community are still lacking.

Methods: A prospective multicenter survey of surgical management of AC patients was conducted over a 2-year period in Belgium.

[Recent advances in liver surgery and transplantation].

Over the last 20 years, significant improvements in hepatic surgery and transplantation have allowed better results. Better patients selection, new preoperative modalities aiming at modifying the volume of the liver or the tumour, new surgical techniques, and better postoperative management are the keys to improved outcome. These progresses are reviewed in this article.

Intravenous lidocaine infusion facilitates acute rehabilitation after laparoscopic colectomy.

Background: Intravenous infusion of lidocaine decreases postoperative pain and speeds the return of bowel function. The authors therefore tested the hypothesis that perioperative lidocaine infusion facilitates acute rehabilitation protocol in patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy.

Methods: Forty patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic colectomy were randomly allocated to receive intravenous lidocaine (bolus injection of 1.

Carcinoid tumor of the appendix: a consecutive series from 1237 appendectomies.

Aim: To report the experience of the CHU Sart Tilman, University of Liege, Belgium, in the management of appendiceal carinoid tumor.

Methods: A retrospective review of 1237 appendectomies performed in one single centre from January 2000 to May 2004, was undertaken. Analysis of demographic data, clinical presentation, histopathology, operative reports and outcome was presented.

Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for colorectal peritoneal carcinomatosis: higher complication rate for oxaliplatin compared to Mitomycin C.

Background: Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) from colo-rectal cancer carries a very poor prognosis with a mean and median overall survival times of 6.9 and 5.2 months.