Intestinal and multivisceral autotransplantation for tumors of the root of the mesentery: Long-term follow-up.

Objective: To present the indications, techniques, short- and long-term outcomes after visceral exenteration, ex vivo resection, and intestinal/multivisceral autotransplantation.

Patients And Methods: All patients who have undergone this procedure at our center were studied. Technique, postoperative complications, survival, tumor recurrence, and functional status were recorded.

Cell kinetics and apoptosis in laryngeal carcinoma patients.

Cellular proliferation and apoptosis are both implicated in the process of carcinogenesis. The objective of this study was to access the prognostic significance of the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and the apoptosis-related genes (bax, bcl-2, and p53) in laryngeal carcinoma patients. Thirty consecutive patients with stage I to IV squamous cell laryngeal carcinoma were treated in our department from 1992 to 1994.