[New options for pancreatic cancer diagnostics].

Introduction: The overall 5-year survival rate for patients with pancreatic cancer remains poor, ranging between 5% and 15%, with a median survival of 13 to 17 months. Looking for the new possibilities can identify early-stage pancreatic cancer patients.

Material And Methods: The comparative study was performed at the I.

[Have changes in the management of treatment of the patients with acute pancreatitis brought the expected result?].

Background: Mortality from severe acute pancreatitis (AP) has remarkably decreased (10-20%) during the last decades. However, many questions on the treatment of this disease remained opened. To extend the most recent professional literature which discuses the abovementioned problem, experience from the treatment of patients at the department where the authors work is presented.

[Pseudodiverticulitis coeci--the atypical etiology of right iliac fossa pain--a case report].

The aim of our paper is to show on the diagnosis of coecal diverticul as infrequent reason of right iliac fossa pain. We present the case report of 43-years old woman, which underwent appendectomy some years sooner, and was accepted into the hospital because of 48-hours taking right iliac fossa pain. Local peritoneal irritation was present.

[Patient quality of life following resection procedures for chronic pancreatitis].

Introduction: Surgical therapy for chronic pancreatitis is reserved for patients with intractable abdominal pain, complications of the disease, or suspected underlying carcinoma. For patients suffered from severe chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic resection can be performed safety with good postoperative results.

Material And Methods: Between January 1996 and December 2005, the findings for 65 patients, suffer from chronic pancreatitis were analyzed in this retrospective trial at the I.

[Reconstructive operations in our clinical data].

The authors present the results of reconstructive vascular operations performed during the period from 1990 to 1994. According to the criteria of the European Vascular Surgery Council the lowest patency was recorded in the distal type of femoropopliteal bypasses in the lower extremities. They emphasize the necessity to apply the "Graft Surveillance Programme" in vascular consultation centre.