Introduction: Around 200,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer are diagnosed yearly worldwide. It is the fourth most common cause of cancer deaths. Pancreatic cancer has a high mortality rate due to unspecific symptoms being responsible for late diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of our own model of immunonutrition on phase angle and postoperative complications. Our goal was to establish modern prehabilitation procedures for patients operated on for pancreatic cancer.
Methods: Patients with pancreatic cancer who qualified for surgical treatment were divided into two groups.
Background: The aim of this study was to determine the phagocytic activity of thrombocytes in patients with gastric cancer and to assess the effect of oral and parenteral preoperative glutamine-based immunonutrition on nutritional status, thrombocyte phagocytic activity, and early postoperative outcomes.
Methods: Patients suffering from invasive gastric cancer had been treated with preoperative immunonutrition with glutamine, and they were compared to patients without nutritional treatment. Nutritional status, percentage of weight loss, and BMI were assessed.
Pancreatic cancer, despite significant progress in diagnosis and treatment still has poor prognosis. Surgical treatment remains the only cure option. Unfortunately, the percentage of patients in whom radical tumor removal is possible is less than 20%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF<b>Introduction:</b> Splenic cysts are quite rare. In this publication, authors focus on presenting their own observations related to the management of patients with such lesions. </br></br> <b> Aim:</b> To evaluate the effectiveness of laparoscopic procedures in the case of patients with splenic cysts.
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