Abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer: is the pelvic drain externalization site an independent risk factor for perineal wound healing?

Aim. The aim of this paper is to investigate if the insertion of the pelvic drainage tube via the perineal wound could be considered as an independent risk factor for perineal healing disorders, after abdominoperineal resection for rectal malignancy. Patients and Methods.

Defunctioning ileostomy closure following low anterior resection by chemotherapy.

Aim: The aim of this study is to review the time between formation and closure of loop ileostomies following total mesorectal excision in patients with rectal cancer.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study of 170 patients who underwent low anterior resection for rectal cancer, between 1990 and 2009. Loop ileostomies were created in 8 patients.

Anastomotic leakage following low anterior resection for rectal cancer.

Aim: Aim of this study is to present the incidence of anastomotic leakage after anterior resection for rectal cancer and to demonstrate the therapeutic approach for the treatment of this complication.

Patients And Methods: Between 1990 and 2009, 170 patients underwent low anterior resection with total mesorectal excision (TME).

Results: A total of 14 (8.

Breast tumor developed in a pregnant rat after treatment with the teratogen Cycloheximide.

Aim: To describe histochemically and immunohistochemically a breast tumor presented in a pregnant rat given Cycloheximide to examine its teratogenic and embryotoxic effect on the embryos.

Methods: Cycloheximide was injected in pregnant Wistar rats at a dose of 3 mg/kg.b.

Detection of tract formation for prevention of bile peritonitis after T-tube removal. Case report.

Bile leakage after removal of T-tube is a relatively rare complication caused by inadequate tract formation around the tube. We report a case of bile peritonitis after removal of a latex T-tube. The patient underwent reoperation and a new T-tube was introduced.

Tension-free repair versus modified Bassini technique (Andrews technique) for strangulated inguinal hernia: a comparative study.

Background: To compare tension-free hernia repair to a modified Bassini technique (Andrew's technique) used to treat complicated inguinal hernia.

Methods: In the period 1990-2004, 75 patients were submitted to emergency operation because of strangulated inguinal hernia. 33 patients underwent tension-free repair utilizing a polypropylene mesh (group A), whereas the remaining 42 patients underwent a modified Bassini technique (group B).

Functional capacity of the thyroid autograft: an experimental study.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the functional capacity of thyroid autografts after total thyroidectomy in a rabbit model.

Material And Methods: Thirty-eight rabbits underwent total thyroidetomy. One of the two thyroid lobes was cut into 1-mm pieces and was introduced intramuscularly into the right quadriceps muscle (group A, n = 10), the right rectus abdominalis muscle (group B, n = 10), and the right sacrodorsalis muscle (group C, n = 10).

[Unusual complications of the Peutz-Jeghers-syndrome in two consecutive generations of the same family].

The Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited disease, characterized by the presence of hamartomatous polyposis of the gastrointestinal tract and perioral mucocutaneous pigmentation. The incidence of surgical complications in these patients is relatively rare, and correlates with the size and location of the polyps. We report on two complications of the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome which occurred in two generations of the same family.

[Skin and soft tissue defects at the lower extremities -- primary and secondary procedures (author's transl)].

Methods of surgical reconstruction which are available for wound closure on the lower extremities, following injury of full-thickness defects, are discussed -- especially in relation to indications of primary and secondary procedures. Special mention is given to cross-leg-flaps and tube pedicles of the legs. Indications and technical considerations involved in the treatment of 31 patients with cross-leg-flaps and 38 patients with tube pedicles are reported, as the results obtained from these operations.