Evaluation and comparison of the clinical, surgical and pathological TNM staging of colorectal cancer.

Background/aims: The aim of our study was to compare the results of clinical, surgical and pathological staging of colorectal cancer.

Methodology: 660 patients with colorectal carcinoma were included in the study. The results of the clinical, surgical and pathological staging were compared.

Comparison of early and 1-year follow-up results of conventional hemorrhoidectomy and hemorrhoid artery ligation: a randomized study.

Background And Aims: Doppler-guided hemorrhoid artery ligation is a new approach for treating hemorrhoids. Early and 1-year follow-up results of the procedure are presented and compared with those of closed scissors hemorrhoidectomy in a prospective randomized study.

Patients And Methods: Sixty consecutively recruited patients were randomized into two groups: group A ( n=30) was treated with standardized closed scissors hemorrhoidectomy and group B ( n=30) with Doppler-guided hemorrhoid artery ligation.

[The first clinical experiences in Hungary with a new effective antibiotic (linezolid) effective against Gram-positive infections].

Introduction: The occurrence of gram-positive infections caused by multiresistant organisms has increased significantly in general, particularly among the surgical patients, and only a few effective antibiotics are available. A new and effective, synthetic antibiotic, against gram-positives is the oxazolidinon group, that electively inhibits bacterial protein synthesis in the early phase. Linezolid, the first member of this group to be used in clinical practice is the linezolid was studied.