[Change of strategy to minimally invasive esophagectomy-Results at a certified center].

Background: There are indications that robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) can reduce the morbidity compared with the conventional operative technique.

Objective: A comparative analysis of a single-center change in strategy of the standard from open esophagectomy to RAMIE with perioperative, enteral, selective bowel decontamination (SBD) was carried out.

Material And Methods: Patient and morbidity data after elective RAMIE treated according to the novel standard management between July 2018 and September 2020 were compared retrospectively with an historical control cohort after open esophagectomy between January 2014 and June 2018.

IL-6 determination in serum of kidney graft recipients by a new bedside test: its diagnostic relevance.

Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has diagnostic importance as one of the earliest indicators of inflammation, tissue damage, hypoxia, or infection. In contrast to the time-consuming immunoassays actually used in many laboratories, results of a new IL-6 bedside test, which is interpreted visually or photometrically, are available at 20 minutes. The photometric measurement using a stored standard curve allowed differentiation of five ranges: <50, 50-100, >100-200, >200-500, and >500-1000 pg/mL.