About usefulness of kalemia monitoring after blunt liver trauma.

Background. The aim of this study is to investigate the evidence of hypokalemia as a suitable parameter for therapeutic decision making after severe blunt liver trauma. Methods.

Acute aortic dissection with intestinal ischemia: what to do first.

Purpose: In the case of an acute aortic dissection, a surgical aortic procedure is usually the priority in order to restore the perfusion of vital organs. Afterwards, associated ischemic abdominal visceral lesions can be resected. For particular patients, it could be highly beneficial to perform the abdominal surgery before surgically addressing the aorta.

[Surgical therapy of hepatic fibrolamellar carcinoma].

Hepatic fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) is an uncommon tumour that differs from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in demographics, condition of the affected liver, tumour markers, and prognosis. FLC characteristically manifests as a large hepatic mass in adolescents or young adults with female predominance (mean age 23 years). Cirrhosis, elevated alpha-fetoprotein levels, and risk factors for HCC such as viral hepatitis are typically absent.