Short-term advantages of ELAPE over APR.

Introduction: Conventional abdominoperineal resection (APR) has a high rate of local recurrence. Extralevator abdominoperineal excision (ELAPE) can potentially diminish the rate of intraoperative tumour perforation (IOTP) and can provide wider circumferential resection margins (CRM) but at the price of higher perineal complication rate. The aim of our study was to compare the short term results of conventional APR to ELAPE.

[New perspectives in rectal cancer surgery: Transanal total mesorectal excision. Initial experiences].

Introduction: Colorectal cancer is the second most frequent cause of oncologic mortality. Its key prognostic factors are operability and surgical quality. Total mesorectal excision is the gold standard of rectal cancer surgery, however, it is hardly achievable with the laparoscopic technique in a number of cases due to anatomical issues.

[Advantages of transanal approach in low rectal cancer resections].

Laparoscopic surgery is proven equal technique to open rectal surgery. Despite advantages, some problems in case of low rectal surgery are existing: visualization of the pelvis, securing safe distal resection margin, preparing single stapled rectal stump with safe conjunction to the colorectal anastomosis. Approximately 500 procedures have been performed worldwide until today by applying Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (TaTME) technique, which evolved from a combination of laparoscopy and transanal approach.

[Laparoscopic resection of a liver metastasis from segment VII. Case report].

The technique and clinical results of liver surgery are constantly evolving in recent years, and this development felt most intensely in the field of laparoscopic liver surgery. Based on the results of comparative studies reported to date, laparoscopic surgery is not inferior to open surgery. Although a very small percentage of liver resections are performed with laparoscopic technique, clearly it has a role in oncological surgery.

[Surgical treatment of retroperitoneal sarcomas].

Retroperitoneal sarcomas make up 0.15% of all solid tumors. The mainstay of their treatment is surgical resection, though the removal of the often sizable tumors may pose serious challenge to surgeons.