[A rare type of hernia seen twice in our department].

Case reports: a 66-year-old woman was admitted to our Department due to a painful inguinal lump. During examinations an incarcerated femoral hernia was found with an inflamed vermiform appendix inside the hernial sac. Appendectomy and femoral hernioplasty was performed from inguinal approach.

[Single port transumbilical cholecystectomy [SILS] -- 30 non-selected cases].

Single port laparoscopic surgery became popular all over the world, and cholecystectomy represents the most frequent intervention with this technique. We compared transumbilical single port laparoscopic cholecystectomies (SILS) to conventional three-port laparoscopic cholecystectomies (LC), which were performed by the same surgeon between 2008-2010. As regards SILS cases, they represent a non-selected series.

Intraoperative determination of PTH concentrations in fine needle tissue aspirates to identify parathyroid tissue during parathyroidectomy.

Background: Exact tissue identification during parathyroidectomy is essential to successfully cure hyperparathyroidism. PTH level determination from tissue aspirates has been advocated as a "biochemical frozen section" for parathyroid tissue identification. We investigated the sensitivity and specificity of this method in a large cohort of consecutive patients who underwent parathyroidectomy in a tertiary referral center.

[Surgery of primary hyperparathyroidism].

Surgery of primary hyperparathyroidism. Primary hyperparathyroidism is usually caused by a single parathyroid adenoma, rarely by multiple adenomas or hyperplasia and in 1-2% of cases by carcinoma. The definitive cure of the disease can be achieved only by surgical means.

[New intraoperative diagnostic methods parathyroid surgery. Adenoma localization by gamma probe].

Introduction: The key to heal primary hyperparathyroidism is to find the hyper functioning parathyroid gland(s). Promoting this the perioperative isotope guided localization technique is worldwide used in the last years.

Aim: Authors use this method since February, 2000.