Clinical, Histopathological, and Prognostic Characteristics of Patients with Prostate Cancer in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Introduction: Prostate cancer is currently a public health problem with a frequency that varies from country to country. This study aims to describe the epidemiological, clinical, and histopathological and outcome features of prostate cancer in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Materials And Methods: This was a descriptive longitudinal study of patients diagnosed with prostate cancer at the University Clinics of Lubumbashi.

Sepramesh and postoperative peritoneal adhesions in a rat model.

Purpose: The present study aimed to investigate the safety and the anti-postoperative peritoneal adhesion (PPA) characteristics of Sepramesh (Davol), a composite mesh made of polypropylene covered with Seprafilm, when intraperitoneally placed in a rat model.

Methods: Twenty male rats were randomized into a control group and a Sepramesh group. They underwent a primary surgical procedure aiming to induce a peritoneal injury in order to induce PPAs.

First steps of laparoscopic surgery in Lubumbashi: problems encountered and preliminary results.

For many reasons, laparoscopic surgery has been performed worldwide. Due to logistical constraints its first steps occurred in Lubumbashi only in 2008. The aim of this presentation was to report authors' ten-month experience of laparoscopic surgery at Lubumbashi Don Bosco Missionary Hospital (LDBMH): problems encountered and preliminary results.

Effects of parecoxib on the prevention of postoperative peritoneal adhesions in rats.

Background: No systemic preventive therapy has been successful in inhibiting the development of postoperative peritoneal adhesions (PPAs).

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential effects of 5 day administration of parecoxib, on PPA prevention and on suture or wound healing in rats.

Methods: In a model of PPAs induced by peritoneal electrical burn, 30 rats were randomized into 3 groups according to parecoxib administration route (control; intraperitoneal (IP); intramuscular (IM)).

Intraperitoneal adhesions after open or laparoscopic abdominal procedure: an experimental study in the rat.

Background: Adhesion formation is common after abdominal surgery. The incidence and severity of adhesion formation following open or laparoscopic surgery remain controversial. The role of CO(2) pneumoperitoneum is also widely discussed.

Pathophysiology and prevention of postoperative peritoneal adhesions.

Peritoneal adhesions represent an important clinical challenge in gastrointestinal surgery. Peritoneal adhesions are a consequence of peritoneal irritation by infection or surgical trauma, and may be considered as the pathological part of healing following any peritoneal injury, particularly due to abdominal surgery. The balance between fibrin deposition and degradation is critical in determining normal peritoneal healing or adhesion formation.