Organ-preserving resection of the gastroesophageal junction and substitution with a gastric corpus rotation tube: an experimental study.

Premalignant lesions of the gastroesophageal junction are treated conservatively or by antireflux surgical procedures. We describe a novel technique that replaces the distal esophagus after resection of the gastroesophageal junction. After resection of the gastroesophageal junction, 16 pigs were divided into two groups.

[New approaches to the surgical treatment of diffuse peritonitis].

Objective: We intend to analyze if additional treatment concepts are necessary in any case as a part of the standard therapy next to the well established principle of source control in the treatment of secondary peritonitis.

Design: A treatment concept with early intervention, source control and extensive intraoperative lavage (20-301) should be evaluated as a standard procedure in a prospective survey. Additional treatment concepts will be applied only for special reason (on demand).

Laparoscopic hernia surgery: an overview.

Despite the fact that laparoscopic hernia repair was already described in 1979, its value has still not been well defined. The standard treatment for uncomplicated primary hernia repair in Europe is an open anterior approach (i.e.

Laparoscopic partial hepatectomy in the rat: a new resectional technique.

Background: Rats are widely used for basic research in laparoscopic surgery. We have developed a new technique of laparoscopic partial hepatectomy in the rat.

Methods: 40 American Cancer Institute rats were randomized into 3 groups.

[Diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma].

Worldwide, hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common intra-abdominal malignancy. It occurs mostly in patients who are carriers of the hepatitis B or C virus and/or have liver cirrhosis. There is no screening-test for early recognition of the development of liver cancer and this delays often an accurate diagnosis and early treatment.