[Impingement of an accessory intraabdominal organ as an uncommon intraoperative diagnosis--a case review].

In this case report is described a patient with an abdominal pain, who came to surgery. Intraoperatively was found the infarcted formation of unknown origin in the omentum--suspicion of accessory spleen. Histologically was elucidated, that the formation consisted of ischemic adipose tissue--there was a torsion of a large caul.

[Surgical approaches to treatment of chronic pancreatitis].

In the treatment of pancreatitis in recent decades various surgical methods are used. Essentially we can divide them into resection and drainage methods. In the submitted paper the authors review possible surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis and indications of optimal surgical methods in different forms of chronic pancreatitis.

[Complications of esophageal stents used in benign esophageal stenoses].

Oesophageal stents are used in the treatment of stenosis of the oesophagus in the last 10 years. The application of the stent in benign stenosis should be exceptional because it is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Two cases with severe complications treated by operation are demonstrated.

[Benign tumors of the pancreas].

The contemporary incidence of the tumours of the pancreas is approximately 3.5% in the Czech Republic. Benign tumours represent only about 2% of them.