[Stabilisation of the dislocated acromioclavicular joint and lateral fractures of the clavicle using a hook plate].

Introduction: The aim of this study was to verify the hypothesis that the technique of stabilizing the acromioclavicular joint and lateral fractures of the clavicle using a clavicular hook plate can be considered a method of choice in the given types of injury.

Material And Methods: The clinical part of the study included a total of 40 patients. The indication group was formed by patients with type III acromioclavicular joint dislocation, according to Tossy.

[Mirizzi syndrome with cholecystoduodenal fistula--a rare complication of cholecyctolithiasis].

Mirizzi syndrome is a rare complication of the long-term gallbladder stone disease. It's caused by a gallbladder stone impression to the common bile duct wall. The clinical appearance is an obstructive jaundice, pain in right subchondrium and dyspepsia.

Acute mesenteric ischemia.

Background/aims: Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is a serious disease in old age with low incidence but with a very high mortality rate (60-70%). The etiology is either primary (embolism or thrombosis of mesenteric arteries or veins, non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia) or secondary (mechanical obstruction such as intestinal volvulus, intussusception, tumor-caused compression). Independent of the origin of the illness, the clinical-pathological picture is the same: intestinal ischemia with subsequent necrosis.

Current multidisciplinary treatment of gastric cancer.

The aim of our study was to optimise current therapy of gastric tumours. The studied population consisted of 92 patients treated at the 1st Department of Surgery, St. Anne's Teaching Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic, and at the Department of Radiation Oncology of the same hospital during 1994-2000.