Posteriorly positioned femoral grafts decrease long-term failure in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, femoral and tibial graft positions did not affect long-term reported outcome.

Purpose: To investigate the effect that femoral and tibial tunnel positions have on long-term reported and clinical outcome and to identify a safe zone based on favourable outcome.

Methods: Seventy-eight patients from a previous randomised controlled trial were included and were followed with a mean follow-up of 11.4 years.

[Robotics in the operating room : Out of the niche into widespread application].

In the last few years robotic surgery has progressed from being confined to a small niche to a widespread application in routine visceral surgery; however, evidence for superiority of robotic surgery compared to laparoscopy from randomized studies with a sufficient number of patients is still lacking in most fields of visceral surgery. For complex operations that necessitate an extensive reconstruction phase, such as pancreatectomy, gastrectomy and esophagectomy, there is a potential benefit for the permanent and justified use of robotic surgery. Even in operations where delicate nerve preparation and radical surgical resection are simultaneously necessary, such as rectal resection, robotic surgery may provide certain benefits.

Early interleukin-10 treatment improves survival and enhances immune function only in males after hemorrhage and subsequent sepsis.

Recent studies have demonstrated gender differences in the immune response following hemorrhagic shock with an enhanced immune function and lower mortality following subsequent sepsis in females. Early interleukin-10 (IL-10) treatment has been shown to have beneficial effects on the depressed immune function in males, but not in females following shock. However, it remains unclear if the observed gender-related effect of IL-10 treatment results in an advantage following subsequent polymicrobial sepsis.