Neovascularization after ischemic conditioning of the stomach and the influence of follow-up neoadjuvant chemotherapy thereon.

Introduction: Esophagectomy and reconstruction remain the optimal treatment for patients with resectable esophageal cancer. Neovascularization after ischemic conditioning of the stomach before esophagectomy is a laparoscopic procedure which may potentially reduce gastric conduit ischemia.

Aim: To investigate the influence of ischemic conditioning on neovascularization along the greater curvature of the stomach and to explore the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on neovascularization after ischemic conditioning.

[Assessment of thoracic trauma at the 1st Department of Surgery in Brno (1 January 2011 - 31 December 2015)].

Introduction: The number of cases of thorax injury increased steadily between 2011 and 2015. This is probably related to a more active lifestyle of the younger generations and also to the increasing average age of citizens. The aim of the study was to show problems connected with thorax injury.

[Our experience with chest wall stabilization].

Introduction: An unstable chest wall is defined as a fracture of at least three adjacent ribs broken at least in two planes. As a result of impaired mechanical strength of the chest wall, paradoxical movements occur, resulting in insufficient pulmonary ventilation with the development of respiratory insufficiency with typical consequences - hypoxia, hypercapnia and acidosis.

Methods: In this paper we describe a group of 16 patients who underwent stabilization of the chest wall.

Vascular anatomy of the stomach related to resection procedures strategy.

This study is focused on the vascular anatomy of the stomach in relation to the gastric pull-up construction. The vascular anatomy was studied on forty-one human specimens. We find out the differences in blood supplement between anterior and posterior wall.

[Peculiarities of course of postoperative peritonitis].

Retrospective analysis of severity of the postoperative peritonitis clinical course was conducted in 69 patients. There were identified two forms: classical and atypic. There was established, that for classical clinical form the presence of the pain syndromes characteristic as well as of the peritoneal irritation symptoms, and for the atypic one--the sepsis occurrence.