Home medical nutrition during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic - A position paper.

Background: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of a worldwide rapidly spreading illness, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Patients fed enterally and parenterally at home are exposed to the same risk of infection as the general population, but more prone to complications than others. Therefore the guidance for care-givers and care-takers of these patients is needed.

Surgical Repair of Small Bowel Fistulas: Risk Factors of Complications or Fistula Recurrence.

BACKGROUND Definitive surgical repair of persistent fistulas of the small intestine remains a surgical challenge with a high rate of re-fistulation and mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the type and incidence of complications after definitive surgical repair, and to identify factors predictive of severe postoperative complications or fistula recurrence. MATERIAL AND METHODS This was a retrospective study of 42 patients who underwent elective surgical repair of a persistent fistula of the small intestine.

Surgical management of the grade C pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy.

Background: Surgical management of severe pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy remains challenging, and carries high mortality. The aim of this retrospective study was to compare different surgical techniques used at relaparotomy for pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy, and to identify factors predictive of failure to rescue.

Methods: A total of 43 patients after pancreatoduodenectomy developed a pancreatic fistula requiring relaparotomy.

Surgical treatment of extra-appendiceal colorectal neuroendocrine tumors.

Background: Extra-appendiceal colorectal neuroendocrine tumors are rare neoplasms with a variable biological behavior.

Materials And Methods: The study group consisted of 15 patients with an extra-appendiceal colorectal neuroendocrine tumor who underwent surgical resection (M/F=3:12, mean age=62.9 years).

Comparison between minimally invasive and open surgical treatment in necrotizing pancreatitis.

Background: Minimal access techniques have gained popularity for the management of necrotizing pancreatitis, but only a few studies compared open necrosectomy with a less invasive treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of minimally invasive treatment for necrotizing pancreatitis in comparison with open necrosectomy.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included 70 patients who underwent minimally invasive intervention or open surgical debridement for necrotizing pancreatitis between January 2007 and December 2014.