Pleural empyema in children - benefits of primary thoracoscopic treatment.

Introduction: Pleural empyema is the condition of the pleural cavity when initially sterile pleural effusion has become infected. In the majority of cases, it is of parapneumonic origin. Parapneumonic effusions and pleural empyemata usually continuously progress in severity.

Introducing enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in pediatric surgery.

Background: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is a holistic perioperative care protocol created to improve treatment outcomes. Implementation of new rules radically changed the perioperative care of adult patients. The protocol refers to the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative periods.

Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder in an adolescent, a very rare condition.

Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder is an acquired, degenerative disease characterized by epithelial proliferation with hypertrophy of the muscularis layer with forming of sinus tracts, termed Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses. Adenomyomatosis is diagnosed mainly by ultrasonography. The pathogenesis, pathology, and indications for surgery in this condition are not well understood.

Ethnicity-related differences in inguinal canal dimensions between African and Caucasian populations and their potential impact on the mesh size for open and laparoscopic groin hernia repair in low-resource countries in Africa.

Introduction: Access to surgery in Africa is significantly limited. Treatment outcomes in Africa differ significantly compared to those achieved in Europe or the US. Therefore, to popularise tension-free repair, it is essential to determine the economically justified mesh size for the African population.

Pediatric achalasia. Single-center study of interventional treatment.

Introduction: Esophageal achalasia is a rare entity in children. However, young age is a factor of failure of conservative treatment, emphasizing the role of surgery. In our institution laparoscopic Heller's cardiomyotomy is the chosen procedure for surgical treatment.

Thoracoscopic resection of a bronchogenic cyst in a 17-year-old girl.

Bronchogenic cysts comprise approximately 6% of mediastinal tumors in children. The treatment consists in surgical resection of the cyst. The authors present the case of a 17-year-old girl who was accidentally diagnosed with a mediastinal cyst.

Groin hernia surgery in northern Ghana--humanitarian mission of Polish surgeons in Tamale.

Unlabelled: Availability of surgical care in Africa is severely limited. This is due to the lack of surgeons and a small number of public hospitals. Only 25 out of 100,000 patients with inguinal hernia undergo a surgical treatment.

Functional anatomy of the mediastinal lymph nodes in rats.

Background: The lymphatic system remains poorly recognized, yet for oncological reasons, it appears to be of great interest to both scientists and physicians.

Methods And Results: Protocols were performed on 55 adult male Wistar rats. All procedures were conducted after intraperitoneal administration of 4% chloral hydrate and artificial ventilation.

Laparoscopy in elective and emergency management of ovarian pathology in children and adolescents.

Introduction: Ovaries are one of the most common locations of tumor masses in children. Some of them require surgery due to the risk of malignancy or necrosis. This organ seems to be ideal for the laparoscopic approach.