Liver Injury and Elevated FIB-4 Define a High-Risk Group in Patients with COVID-19.

Liver involvement in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been widely documented. However, data regarding liver-related prognosis are scarce and heterogeneous. The current study aims to evaluate the role of abnormal liver tests and incidental elevations of non-invasive fibrosis estimators on the prognosis of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Evaluation of prognostic factors for 5 year-survival after surgery for colorectal cancer.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess and analyze the prognostic factors for survival in patients undergoing curative surgery for colorectal cancer and to identify new prognostic factors.

Methods: The prospective study included 301 patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer, stages I-III, undergoing curative surgery. Demographic data, clinical and anamnestic data, laboratory exams, paraclinical examinations, morphological and pathological examination were recorded.

The prognostic role of microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer patients.

Background: Data from the literature regarding the prognostic role of DNA mismatch repair system (MMR) in colorectal cancer are still controversial.

Aim: The aim of the study was to identify the prognostic role of different phenotypic, clinical and pathological characteristics in microsatellite unstable vs. microsatellite stable colorectal cancer in terms of survival and disease free interval.

Spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistula as a primary manifestation of gallbladder adenocarcinoma associated with gallbladder lithiasis - case report.

Spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistula (SCF) is a rare complication of neglected calculous biliary disease and also an extremely rare complication of gallbladder neoplasm. This pathology has become even rarer because of prompt diagnosis and expedient surgical intervention for gallstones. So far, there is one published report of a SCF due to gallbladder adenocarcinoma.

The role and prognostic impact of lymph node ratio on stage III colorectal cancer.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of the lymph node ratio (LNR) in patients with stage III colorectal cancer.

Materials And Methods: We included 35 stage III colorectal cancer patients who underwent a curative resection at the County Clinic Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, 5(th) Surgical Clinic between January 2006-July2008. Patients were categorized into LNR groups 1 to 5 according to cut-off points: <0.

Laparoscopic repair of post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernia: a case report.

In a large number of cases, post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernias (PTDH) are a consequence of occult diaphragmatic injuries associated with penetrating abdominal trauma. We present a case of a 26-year-old male patient who, 2 months prior to the current admission, sustained a non-penetrating stab wound to the left anterior chest below the nipple. Upon presentation the patient complained of epigastric pain radiated to the left shoulder, and nausea and vomiting.

Laparoscopic suture repair of perforated duodenal peptic ulcer for patients without risk factors.

Background: Suture repair became the standard treatment for perforated duodenal ulcer (PDU) due to the efficacy of modern anti-ulcer therapy. This study compared short-term outcomes of open versus laparoscopic suture repair of PDU in patients without risk factors.

Method: Patients with perforated duodenal ulcer were selected for open or laparoscopic suture repair.

[Multimodal analgesia in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A double-blind randomized controlled trial].

Background: The aim of this study was to test the effects of preincisional parietal and intraperitoneal infiltration with ropivacaine (R) on postoperative pain after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Methods: 60 patients scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed by the same surgeon were enrolled in a randomized, controlled double-blind trial. All patients received the same general anesthesia protocol and Ig i.

[Postoperative early enteral nutrition in a patient with polytrauma and late duodenal perforation].

We present the case of a 51 years old multiple injured female patient who was transferred from another hospital. She suffered a car accident and at admission, the diagnosis was anterior flail chest with fractured sternum, blunt abdominal trauma with IIIrd grade kidney laceration, multiple extremities fractures, ISS = 50. We performed emergency nephrectomy, surgical fixation of the flail chest and bilateral pleurostomy.

[Progress of surgical treatment in the last 10 years. Comparative study of surgical interventions performed between 1993-1995 versus between 2003-2005].

In the last decade of the past century, as laparoscopy was introduced in our clinic in 1993, minimal access therapy (MAT--endoscopy, angiography, interventional imagery) had a positive and constant evolution. Our paper retrospectively evaluates the interventions performed between 2003-2005 (group A) compared to those performed between 1993-1995 (group B). We observed a 17.