Outcomes after resection and/or radiofrequency ablation for recurrence after treatment of colorectal liver metastases.

Background: Repeat liver resection for colorectal liver metastases (CRLMs) is possible in a limited number of patients, with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) as an alternative for unresectable CRLMs. The aim of this study was to analyse survival rates with these interventions.

Methods: This was a database analysis of patients who underwent first and repeat interventions for synchronous and metachronous CRLMs between 2000 and 2013.

Triplane fractures: do we need cross-sectional imaging?

Introduction: Diagnosis of Triplane fractures remains difficult in common practice. Aim of the study was the evaluation of the fracture pattern and the benefit of cross-sectional imaging in classification of Triplane-fractures.

Material And Methods: A total of 27 pediatric patients treated for ankle fractures were identified from patient charts.

Clinical outcome, proteome kinetics and angiogenic factors in serum after thermoablation of colorectal liver metastases.

Background: Thermoablation is used to treat patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases (CRLM). We analyze clinical outcome, proteome kinetics and angiogenic markers in patients treated by cryosurgical ablation (CSA) or radiofrequency ablation (RFA).

Methods: 205 patients underwent CSA (n = 20), RFA (n = 22), partial hepatectomy (PH, n = 134) or were found truly unresectable (n = 29).

[An elderly woman abdominal pain].

A 91-year-old woman came to the hospital with vomiting, abdominal pain and absence of defaecation for 1 day. Her medical history listed atrial fibrillation for which she received acenocoumarol and digoxine. CT imaging of her abdomen revealed an intramural haematoma of the jejunum.

Liver resection combined with local ablation: where are the limits?

Background/aims: Partial hepatectomy for liver tumors is potentially curative but unfortunately available only for a limited number of patients. Local tumor destruction by ablation has expanded criteria for treatment and potential cure for patients with liver tumors. This paper gives an overview of the possibilities and limitations of ablation of liver tumors.

Radiofrequency ablation of hepatic metastases from thyroid carcinoma.

Background: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is performed for various types of liver tumors. It might also have a role in the palliative treatment of liver metastases from thyroid carcinoma.

Summary: Three patients with liver metastases of thyroid carcinoma were retrieved from our database of 125 patients who had been treated with RFA for liver tumors.

[Diagnostic image (226). A man with a painful upper arm].

A 55-year-old man suffered a distal avulsion of the brachial biceps tendon.