Long-Term Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Urology and High Incidence of Infections in Surgical Adult Patients.

Clostridioides infections are the main cause of antibiotic-related diarrhea. Most of them come in the form of healthcare-associated Clostridioides infections (HA-CDI). The aim of the study was to analyze HA-CDI epidemiology and the relationship between antibiotic consumption and CDI epidemiology at St Luke's Provincial Hospital in Tarnow, Poland.

Enhanced recovery after colorectal surgery in elderly patients.

Introduction: The elderly will soon constitute 20% of the population. Their number is constantly rising, particularly in developed countries. It was found that they particularly benefit from the use of minimally invasive surgery.

Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy--can we afford that? Cost comparison of different surgical techniques.

Unlabelled: One of the most commonly performed surgeries in general surgery wards with laparoscopic technique as a method of choice is gall-bladder excision. In addition to -the commonly used conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy is getting more and more attention. Despite many works and studies comparing these methods, there is still a shortage of results assessing efficiency of this new surgical technique.

Adrenal incidentalomas: should we operate on small tumors in the era of laparoscopy?

Tumor size smaller than 4 cm as an indication for surgical treatment of incidentaloma is still a subject of discussion. Our aim was the estimation of the incidence of malignancy and analysis of treatment outcomes in patients with incidentaloma smaller than 4 cm in comparison to bigger lesions. 132 patients who underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy for nonsecreting tumors were divided into two groups: group 1 (55 pts.