5-fluorouracil and weekly oxaliplatin combined with radiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer: surgical complications and long-term results.

Background: We undertook this study to evaluate early surgical complications and long-term results after preoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy (RCT) using 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and oxaliplatin (OXA) for rectal cancer.

Methods: Forty six TNM stage II-III rectal cancer patients were studied, who were given preoperative RT (50.4 Gy/28 fractions) combined with 5-FU (200-225 mg/m(2)/day by continuous venous infusion) and weekly OXA (25-60 mg/m(2)).

[Pancreatic neck rupture: report of a clinical case].

The authors report a case of pancreatic neck rupture in a 45-year-old female patient due to blunt trauma in a car crash. An emergency laparotomy was performed and the pancreatic head side was sutured, whereas the left side was anastomosed to a Roux-en-Y jejunal loop. The aim of this report is to emphasize the advantages of conservative surgery with internal drainage.