Outcome following local excision of T1 anal cancers-a systematic review.

Purpose: In most cases, squamous cell carcinoma of the anus (SCCA) is treated with chemo-radiotherapy preserving sphincter function and offering good long-term survival and low recurrence rates. However, chemo-radiotherapy has several side effects: dyspareunia, impotence, fecal incontinence, pain, and skin symptoms. Small/T1 tumors, without metastatic disease, can be treated with local excision alone.

Long-term outcomes in patients after ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract.

Introduction: Ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract (LIFT) to treat transsphincteric fistulae has yielded varied but promising results. However, it has been shown that long-term follow-up (> 250 days) is vital to obtain the correct surgical outcome. Here, we present the long-term results of patients undergoing the LIFT procedure at Herlev Hospital, Denmark.

Quality of life following salvage surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the anus.

Introduction: Squamous cell carcinoma of the anus is a rare condition. First line treatment is combined chemo-radio therapy. As many as a third of patients undergoing chemo-radiotherapy will experience recurrence.

30-day and long-term outcome following salvage surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the anus.

Introduction: Squamous cell carcinoma of the anus (SCCA) is a rare condition. First line treatment is combined chemo-radio therapy. As many as a third of patients undergoing CRT will experience recurrence.

[Calcified bowel mesentery - heterotopic mesenteric ossification].

A 64-year-old man suffered blunt abdominal trauma. He developed ischaemic colon and had a colectomy with primary anastomosis, complicated with anastomotic leakage. A temporary stoma was created.

Unenhanced MR Imaging in adults with clinically suspected acute appendicitis.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate unenhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for the diagnosis of appendicitis or another surgery-requiring condition in an adult population scheduled for emergency appendectomy based on a clinical diagnosis of suspected acute appendicitis.

Materials And Methods: The prospective study included 48 consecutive patients (29 female, 19 male, 18-70 years old, mean age=37.1 years).

Effect of high perioperative oxygen fraction on surgical site infection and pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery: the PROXI randomized clinical trial.

Context: Use of 80% oxygen during surgery has been suggested to reduce the risk of surgical wound infections, but this effect has not been consistently identified. The effect of 80% oxygen on pulmonary complications has not been well defined.

Objective: To assess whether use of 80% oxygen reduces the frequency of surgical site infection without increasing the frequency of pulmonary complications in patients undergoing abdominal surgery.

Perioperative oxygen fraction - effect on surgical site infection and pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery: a randomized clinical trial. Rationale and design of the PROXI-Trial.

Background: A high perioperative inspiratory oxygen fraction may reduce the risk of surgical site infections, as bacterial eradication by neutrophils depends on wound oxygen tension. Two trials have shown that a high perioperative inspiratory oxygen fraction (FiO(2) = 0.80) significantly reduced risk of surgical site infections after elective colorectal surgery, but a third trial was stopped early because the frequency of surgical site infections was more than doubled in the group receiving FiO(2) = 0.

Splenic injury after colonoscopy.

Splenic injury is a rare and serious complication of colonoscopy. The most likely mechanism is tension on the splenocolic ligament and adhesions. Eight cases were identified among claims for compensation submitted to the Danish Patient Insurance Association during the period 1992-2006, seven of which were reported after 2000.