Long-term results of surgical treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term outcomes of surgical treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma depending tumor dimensions, vascular invasion, lymph node metastases, cellular differentiation and quality of resection.

Material And Methods: There were 46 patients with intrahepatic cholangiocellular cancer. Extended hemihepatectomy was made in 14 patients (30.

[Surgical anatomy of liver segment iv and its importance in hepatobiliary surgery].

The purpose of this article was to describe clinical anatomy of liver segment IV and determine its significance in liver resection surgery and within integrated approach in the treatment of malignancies of this area.

[Current criteria for the diagnosis of adrenocortical carcinoma].

Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare malignant tumor of the adrenal cortex with an unfavorable prognosis. In 2017, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) published the 4th edition of the WHO Classification of Tumors of Endocrine Organs. The updated classification reflects a multidisciplinary experience in diagnosing and predicting the course of adrenal cortex tumors, obtained on the basis of current studies.

[Predictors of outcomes in surgery for hilar cholangiocarcinoma].

Aim: To determine significant predictors of long-term outcomes of surgery for portal cholangiocarcinoma.

Material And Methods: Analysis included 49 out of 84 patients who were operated at the Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery in 2003-2016. Morphological examination (2011-2016) revealed great percentage of following positive variables: micro- (42.

[New criteria of radical surgery and long-term outcomes of hilar cholangiocarcinoma management].

Aim: To develop new criteria of radical surgery for hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HCC).

Material And Methods: There were 165 HCC patients who underwent surgery in 1986-2016 at the Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery. TNM stage distribution: stage I - 4 (2.

[Clinico-pathological factors and prognosis scale for portal cholangiocarcinoma].

Introduction: The objective of this study was to derive a prognostic scale to predict overall survival (OS) after a curative resection of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PHC).

Material And Methods: The data of 55 patients with portal cholangiocarcinoma were analysed. Patients were treated at the A.

[Mucinous cystic liver tumors: diagnosis and surgical treatment].

Aim: To optimize diagnostics and treatment of cystic liver tumors.

Material And Methods: The analysis included outcomes of 46 patients with liver cystic tumors.

Results And Discussion: The use of abdominal Doppler-sonography (37 patients), abdominal contrast-enhanced CT (44 patients) and MRI of abdominal cavity with MR-cholangiography (24 patients) defined radiological semiotics of cystic liver diseases.

In vivo dc and ac measurements at acupuncture points in healthy and unhealthy people.

Objectives: The aim of this work was to compare in vivo measurements of direct current (dc) and alternating current (ac) obtained from acupuncture points in Ukrainian and Mexican residents.

Methods: Measurements were made using the method of Voll. The participants were 43 healthy Ukrainian and 71 healthy Mexican residents aged between 20 and 30 years, as well as 24 Mexican patients with a clinical diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis and 14 patients with a clinical diagnosis of allergy.