Quality of life following acute necrotizing pancreatitis.

Background/aims: The authors examine the quality of life of patients treated for acute necrotizing pancreatitis an average of 37.8 months following their illness.

Methodology: The questionnaire used in the examinations was a version of the Short Form-36 (SF-36) which was adapted to a Hungarian environment and included additional questions regarding the patient's illness.

CT-guided percutaneous peripancreatic drainage: a possible therapy in acute necrotizing pancreatitis.

Background/aims: To examine the effectiveness of therapeutic percutaneous drainage of peripancreatic fluid in the treatment of acute necrotizing pancreatitis.

Methodology: Twenty-eight patients treated for serious acute necrotizing pancreatitis (19 male, 9 female; average age 47.3 years) took part in the study.

[The role of D2 lymphadenectomy in the surgical treatment of gastric carcinoma].

The authors examine 145 patients with gastric carcinoma who underwent curative resection with additional D2 lymphadenectomy at the 2nd Surgical Department of DUMHSC between January 1, 1996 and December 31, 2000. Subtotal resection was performed in 103 patients, and total, gastrectomy was performed in 42 patients. Postoperative mortality was 5.