Incidentally found obturator hernias during totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair: a single-center experience.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the occurrence of incidental obturator hernia and clinical risk factors of their appearance in patients undergoing totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernioplasty.

Methods: Data were collected retrospectively from patients who underwent TEP inguinal hernioplasty between June 2020 and December 2022.

Results: A total of 251 patients were included in the study.

Treatment of Microcirculatory Disturbances in Acute Pancreatitis: Where Are We Now?

Acute pancreatitis is a serious inflammatory condition. Research has shown an increase in the number of pancreatitis-associated hospitalizations, with a marked decline in the mortality rates down to 0.79% in patients with acute pancreatitis and 0.

Influence of Single Experience with Intraoperative Near-Infrared Autofluorescence on Postoperative Parathyroid Insufficiency after Thyroidectomy - A Preliminary Clinical Study.

Total thyroidectomy has become the most common thyroid procedure. This treatment method results in most postoperative hypocalcemia (PH) and hypoparathyroidism (HPT) cases due to the unwitting removal of the parathyroid glands (PTGs). Near-infrared autofluorescence (NIRAF) is a new method that helps identify PTGs.

Unsuspected femoral hernias diagnosed during endoscopic inguinal hernia repair.

Background: The laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (TEP), unlike the Lichtenstein tension-free mesh repair, allows for inspecting the femoral canal area for the presence of an occult femoral hernia.

Objectives: To determine the incidence of an unsuspected femoral hernia in patients undergoing TEP repair.

Material And Methods: Data was collected prospectively from 180 patients (23 women) who underwent hernia repair, including examination of the femoral canal, between November 2017 and March 2019, and the incidence of a femoral hernia was determined.

A comparison of the oxidative stress response in single-incision laparoscopic versus multi-trocar laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair.

Introduction: Surgical treatment is always associated with tissue damage and the subsequent development of oxidative stress.

Aim: To compare the oxidative stress response in patients treated operatively for inguinal hernia with multi-trocar laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal technique (TEP) or single-incision laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal technique (TEP-SI).

Material And Methods: A randomized group of 34 patients with one-sided inguinal hernia was enrolled in the study.

Features of dermatofibroma in reflectance confocal microscopy.

Background: Dermatofibroma (DF) is a common benign skin lesion in a majority of cases located on the legs or upper limbs. The etiology of DF is still unclear.

Objectives: Reflectance confocal microscopy features of DF were described.

Efficacy of intra-arterial lidocaine infusion in the treatment of cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis.

Background: Disturbances in pancreatic microcirculation, beginning with vasoconstriction, are crucial in early pancreatitis and progression to necrotizing pancreatitis. Thus, vascular-targeted treatment aiming to restore a sufficient level of microcirculation through vasodilation would possibly reduce the severity of pancreatitis. Lidocaine is an anti-arrhythmic and local anesthetic drug, which also acts as a vasodilator at higher concentrations.

[Diagnostic and therapeutic problems of scleroderma].

Scleroderma is the autoimmunologic disease with induration and fibrosis of the skin, subcutaneous tissue; sometimes refers to muscles, bones and other internal organs. Pathogenesis of morphea is still unknown. There are two main types of scleroderma: the first type is related only to the skin (localized scleroderma--morphea), while the second is connected with fibrosis and induration of the skin, lungs, heart and other organs (systemic sclerosis).