Breast reconstruction using latissimus dorsi island flap without an endoprosthesis.

Breast reconstruction using a modified latissimus dorsi island flap is presented. The whole muscle is raised on its vascular pedicle, folded beneath the skin island and sutured in layers, thus substituting the volume of an endoprosthesis. The method may give satisfactory results in carefully selected cases (mostly in women with a small contralateral breast).

Surgical delay of TRAM flaps for breast reconstruction.

The lower transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap may give excellent results in breast reconstruction using autogenous tissues alone, however, surgical technique is demanding, and the risk of necrosis owing to vascular failure is high. We observed excellent vascularity of the flap in all 20 cases operated upon so far; in all these cases skin island was surgically delayed for one week before final transfer.

[Clinical characteristics of patients with malignant neoplasms of the pancreas in case control studies in the Opole district].

Clinical data on 110 well-diagnosed cases of the pancreatic cancer collected in the study region between 1985 and 1987 by means of population case-control study are described. Out of 43.6% of the histologically diagnosed cases, 61.

First experiments with locoregional chemotherapy in the treatment of autochthonous rat hepatoma.

The aim of this study was to establish the efficacy of treating chemically induced, autochthonous liver cancer by locoregional administration of cytostatics. Hepatomas were induced by p.o.