Laparoscopic management of pancreatic cancer. Our experience.

Aim: Minimally invasive techniques have a definite role in the surgical treatment of several gastrointestinal tract cancers but there is still no widespread use of the laparoscopic approach for cancers of the head of the pancreas. The aim of this retrospective study is to review our experience from 2003 to 2013 in the management of pancreatic cancer with particular emphasis on the clinical application of minimally invasive techniques.

Methods: One hundred fifty-eight pancreatic cancer patients (median age 69,7±12,6 years) with obstructive jaundice were enrolled in our study.

[The role of laparoscopy in surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer].

Aim: The authors reviewed their experience in surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer between 2003-2008.

Methods: Eighty two pancreatic cancer patients (median age 66.7 +/- 12.

[State of lucid delirium after orthotopic liver transplantation. Clinical case].

Neuropsychiatric complications after liver transplantation are common and have an incidence ranging from 0.5% to 47% in several international reports. They are due to different causes (coagulation, haemodynamic or electrolyte disorders, infections, immunosuppressive drugs).