[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.

[Laparoscopic appendicectomy in 2013--a barely tolerated procedure turning into a gold standard operation?].

Introduction: Laparoscopic appendectomy is one of the first developed minimally invasive surgical procedures, nevertheless its judgement is contradictory up to the present day as far as its advantages and indications are concerned.

Methods: The authors of this article give an overview and analyse the relevant literature concerning laparoscopic appendectomy and the data of patients on whom appendectomy was performed from 01/01/2005 to 30/09/2013 with laparoscopic and open technique.

Results: At the Surgical Department of the Uzsoki Hospital 1214 patients had appendectomy because of acute appendicitis from 01/01/2005 to 30/09/2013.