Evaluation of the sentinel node biopsy in colorectal carcinoma including the results of immunohistochemical examinations.

Aim: To evaluate the method and results of sentinel node biopsy including immunohistochemical examinations in resectable colorectal cancer.

Material And Methods: From April 2004 to April 2005, sentinel node biopsy was carried out with the dye method in 27 patients operated on for colorectal cancer. The standard examination of sentinel nodes consisted in the evaluation of individual H&E-dyed specimens from bisection of the node.

[Evaluation of the usefulness and technique of intraoperative large bowel lavage].

The technique is presented of intraoperative large bowel lavage, making possible cleansing of the bowel in patients in whom this was impossible to perform in the preoperative period. This method in some patients enables abandoning of diverting fistula creation and thus avoiding of multistage treatment.

[Quality of life after total gastrectomy depending on the method of alimentary tract reconstruction].

The quality of life was subjected to evaluation in two groups of patients after total gastrectomy depending on the method of alimentary tract reconstruction within at least nine months after the operation. One group included patients in whom the alimentary tract reconstruction was performed without creation of a reservoir according to Roux-Y (n = 10). The second group consisted of patients in whom a reservoir was created from the small intestine (jejunal pouch) according to Hunt-Lawrence-Rodino in Herfarth modification (n = 13).