Laparoscopic rectal resection versus conventional open approach for rectal cancer - a 4-year experience of a single center.

Purpose: This study was carried out to compare the therapeutic outcomes and complications of the laparoscopic and the conventional open surgery technique used for treating rectal cancer. Another goal was to find the fastest and most accurate method of treatment for rectal cancer, along with establishing the advantages and disadvantages of the two surgical techniques, depending on cancer location and its stage.

Methods: A total of 172 patients diagnosed with rectal cancer and hospitalized in the Department of Surgery III between January 1st 2008 and December 31st 2011 were studied.

Management of bile duct injuries following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: long-term outcome and risk factors infuencing biliary reconstruction.

Background: Bile duct injury following cholecystectomy remains a severe complication with major implications for the patient outcome.

Aim: To assess the outcome of surgical treatment and study the risk factor infuencing biliary reconstruction in patients with bile duct injuries following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Methods: Between January 2005 and December 2010, 43 patients with bile duct injuries following laparoscopic cholecystectomy were treated to our center.

Surgical outcome of inflammatory bowel disease - experience of a tertiary center.

Unlabelled: BACKGROUNDS/AIM: Despite advances in medical treatment, a large number of patients with inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) require surgery. We aim to evaluate the efficacy and outcome of surgical interventions in patients with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively analysed the medical records from 221 patients admitted to our institution between 2009-2012 with the diagnosis of IBD.

Long term outcome following surgical treatment for distal gastric cancer.

BACKGROUND. At the current time, the belief that total gastrectomy (TG) offers a better survival benefit compared with distal gastrectomy (DG) in distal gastric cancer still persists among many surgeons. The aim of the study was to determine whether TG in patients with distal stomach cancer offers a benefit in long term survival compared with DG.

Minimal invasive treatment of abdominal multiorgan echinococcosis.

Hydatid disease is a severe zoonosis, exerting a high economic and social impact through its numerous complications, leading to disabilities, even death. Because of technical developments, especially the increasing experience of surgeons, laparoscopic surgery has been extended so that it can be successfully applied to abdominal hydatid cysts. We present the case of a 16-year-old patient who came to our clinic for upper abdominal pain.