Is There an Impact of the Duration of Antibiotic Therapy on the Outcome of Nonsurgical Treatment of Complicated Diverticulitis?

Background: Patients treated nonsurgically for complicated diverticulitis are managed by antibiotics. However, there are no recommendations concerning their duration. We aimed to determine the impact of the duration of antibiotic therapy on the risk of failure of nonsurgical treatment of complicated acute diverticulitis.

Is There an Optimal Definition for a Positive Circumferential Resection Margin in Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer?

Background: Two definitions of a positive circumferential resection margin (CRM) in esophageal cancer coexist: one by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) (CRM = 0 mm) and another by the Royal College of Pathologists (RCP) (CRM ≤ 1 mm). This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of both definitions in esophageal cancer and to identify a new cutoff value for the CRM to predict survival.

Methods: Patients who underwent curative esophageal resection for locally advanced (≥ pT3) adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma were selected from 2007 to 2016.

Natural history of percutaneous drainage of postoperative collection following colorectal surgery: in which patients can follow-up imaging be dispensed with before drain removal?

Introduction: Colorectal surgery is complicated by postoperative collections in up to 25% of cases depending on local conditions. The aim of this study was to identify predictive factors of success of percutaneous drainage of collections in order to avoid follow-up imaging.

Patients And Methods: All consecutive patients between January 2009 and December 2016, who had undergone elective or emergency colorectal surgery (colorectal surgery and appendectomy) complicated by a postoperative collection treated by percutaneous drainage with follow-up imaging prior to drain removal, were included in this single-center and retrospective study.

Laparoscopic Treatment of a Large Gastric Pouch Following Gastric Band Slippage.

Introduction: Gastric band slippage with formation of a gastric pouch is a frequent complication after gastric banding. There is no consensus on the treatment of this condition, which differs within and between centers. Here, we describe our treatment of a large gastric pouch after gastric band slippage.

[Epidemiology, treatment and follow-up of central nervous system hemangioblastomas in von Hippel-Lindau disease].

Introduction: Central nervous system (CNS) hemangioblastomas (HGB) are rare vascular tumors. The goal of this study was to analyze their epidemiology, treatment and prognosis in association with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed a series of patients treated in our department for a CNS HGB with VHL disease between 1996 and 2008.