In pursuit of COVID-19 surgical risk stratification to manage a limited workforce and supplies in minimally invasive surgery.

The protective barriers used so far in surgery do not provide adequate protection against SARS-CoV-2 virus, and reinforced protective equipment is needed. The rapid increase in the number of patients and the worldwide panic associated with the increasingly low availability of protective equipment has resulted in a shortage of protective equipment in many hospitals. Appropriatepersonal protective equipment must be provided so that the surgical team proceeding to surgery is not excluded from the further struggle for patients' health, especially in MIS.

Guidelines for the management of surgical departments in non-uniform hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the last several weeks we have been witnessing the exponentially progressing pandemic SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. As the number of people infected with SARS-CoV2 escalates, the problem of surgical management of patients requiring urgent surgery is increasing. Patients infected with SARS-CoV2 virus but with negative test results will appear in general hospitals and may pose a risk to other patients and hospital staff.

[Squamous cell oesophageal cancer in patient after surgical treatment of achalasia].

The authors presented a case of squamous cell oesophageal cancer in a patient after surgical treatment of achalasia performed five years earlier. The patient complained of the recurrent dysphagia. During endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract a malignant tumor in the lower part of oesophagus was diagnosed and the patient was operated on.

Rectal invagination due to rectal carcinoma--case report.

Rectal invagination has been considered an important cause of defecation difficulties and blockade (obstructed defecation). The most common the intra-rectal and intra-anal invagination is reported. In this paper authors present a case of a 61 year-old woman with intrarectal invagination due to 6.

Ectopic pancreas: endoscopic, ultrasound and radiological features.

Ectopic pancreas, a rare entity, is defined as pancreatic tissue lying outside its normal location without anatomical or vascular connections with the pancreas proper. Most occurrences of heterotopic pancreas are located in the stomach wall, duodenum, small intestine or anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract. The aim of this study was to describe the endoscopic, endosonographic (EUS) and radiological features of these lesions.