Characteristics of Acute Appendicitis before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Single Center Experience.

The aim of the study was to investigate whether the COVID-19 pandemic caused an increased incidence of complicated appendicitis due to the late presentation when compared to the pre-COVID-19 period. . Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies.

[OUR RESULTS IN LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED PLACEMENT OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CATHETERS: TEN-YEAR EXPERIENCE].

The aim was to analyze our results and complications in laparoscopic-assisted placement of the Tenckhoff catheter for peritoneal dialysis in comparison with results reported in the literature. Fifty patients were included in this retrospective analysis. From January 2000 to November 2010, they underwent laparoscopic-assisted placement of catheter for peritonea dialysis at the University Department of Surgery, Rijeka University Hospital Center.

Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM)--alternative or a method of choice in treating tumors of the rectum with appropriately selected patients?

TEM is an endoscopic method of operating tumors up to 18 cm of the anal verge. It enables procedures from a simple mucosectomy to en-block excisions of the whole thickness of the rectal wall. We present a study in which we evaluated surgical morbidity, mortality and recurrence rate of rectal tumors in patients treated with TEM from July 2007, up to the end of March 2014.

Outcome evaluation of 10,317 laparoscopic cholecystectomies: a 17-year experience at a single center.

Background/aims: This study is an analysis of the large series of laparoscopic cholecystectomies and compare our results with those reported in the literature concerning complications.

Methodology: From December 1993 to September 2010, 10,317 patients with gallstone disease underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Previously operated patients were also included in the study.

Gunshot injury of the foot: treatment and procedures--a role of negative pressure wound therapy.

Civilian gunshot injuries of the foot are not so common in Croatia. They are related with accidents in hunting or weapon cleaning. Gunshot injuries represent a special challenge for surgeon because of specific anatomical relations and biomechanical function of the foot.