Clinical significance of lymphadenectomy in patients with gastric cancer.

Approximately thirty percent of patients with gastric cancer undergo an avoidable lymph node dissection with a higher rate of postoperative complication. Comparing the D1 and D2 dissections, it was found that there is a significant difference in morbidity, favoured D1 dissection without any difference in overall survival. Subgroup analysis of patients with T3 tumor shows a survival difference favoring D2 lymphadenectomy, and there is a better gastric cancer-related death and non-statistically significant improvement of survival for node-positive disease in patients with D2 dissection.

[Prospective comparative study of sentinel lymph node mapping in gastric cancer -- submucosal versus subserosal marking method].

Background: Forty percent of patients with gastric cancer undergo unnecessary extended lymph node dissection which may result in higher rate of morbidity and mortality. Successful sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping may help to reduce the number of extended lymphadenectomy. Various marking methods are in use to detect the sentinel lymph node in gastric cancer.

Value of sentinel lymph node mapping using a blue dye-only method in gastric cancer: a single-center experience from North-East Hungary.

Background: Forty percent of patients with gastric cancer have unnecessarily extended lymph node dissections with higher rates of morbidity and mortality than those in non-extended procedures. Successful sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping may help to reduce the number of extended lymphadenectomies.

Methods: SLN mapping was investigated by a blue dye-only method in patients with gastric cancer.

Videothoracoscopic treatment of a rare complication of nasojejunal tube insertion.

Objective: Intubation of the tracheobronchial tree is the most common type of malposition during the placement of narrow-bore enternal tubes.

Case Report: In addition to other treatment components in a 65-year-old female, nasojejunal feeding was started to treat her for severe acute pancreatitis. After the placement of the narrow-bore feeding tube, she developed dyspnea and huskiness.

[Wireless capsule endoscopy and its role in gastroenterology: our results and a review of the literature].

Introduction: Since its recent introduction, capsule endoscopy has revolutionized the diagnostics of diseases of the small bowel. The number of studies on the use of this method is constantly increasing. Along with this, our knowledge about the usability and diagnostic power of capsule endoscopy is growing and the indications for this technique are getting progressively more accurate.