[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in children and adolescents].

Introduction: In the treatment of cholelithiasis in adults, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the method of first choice. There is plentiful literary evidence of the low complication incidence in this age group, but similar assessment is lacking in the paediatric population. In this work, the authors focus on cholelithiasis in children and the possible use of laparoscopy in the diagnostic - therapeutic scheme.

[Laparoscopic surgery varicocele in the childhood and adolescent--our experience with 202 patients].

Unlabelled: The aim of this work was to assess benefits and complications of laparoscopic procedures of varicocoelas in children and adolescents, conducted in our clinic.

Material And Methodology: From 2000 to 2004, 202 patients (198 with leftsided, 2 with rightsided and 2 with bilateral varicocoelas) underwent laparoscopic procedures in our clinic. Patients with stage II and III varicocoelas were operated.

[Laparoscopic surgical procedures in children with the Hirschprung's disease--initial experience].

Laparoscopically assisted resection of the large intestine in the Hirschprung's disease patients was introduced into practice worldwide in mid 90-ies of the last century. In the Czech Republic this procedure had not been conducted. The aim of this work was to introduce the method in the Czech Republic.

[Use of central venous catheters in children with hematologic neoplasms from the viewpoint of the pediatric surgeon].

Venous access by cannulation of the central vein is a necessary prerequisite of the oncological treatment. Within the period 1998-2001 there 395 CVCs (Central Venous Catheters) were introduced using a subcutaneous tunnel in 335 hospitalised patients at the Clinic of the Child Surgery, Orthopaedics and Traumatology FN Brno. In 310 patients Hickman CVC was used and in 25 Groshong CVC.

[Comparison of laparoscopic and open nephrectomy in children].

Between August 1997 and October 2000 16 children aged 13 months to 15 years (mean 5.9 years) were subjected to laparoscopic nephrectomy on account of benign kidney disease, 10 by a transperitoneal approach, 6 by the retroperitoneal route. Retrospectively this group was compared with a group of 16 children aged 1 month to 15 years (mean 4.