[Outcome of 268 patients with pancreatic carcinoma treated surgically].

From January 1st 1987 to December 31st 2001, 268 patients (pts) with the diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma had undergone surgery at Surgical Clinic of University Hospital Rijeka. Pts were of both sexes: 154 males (57%) and 114 females (43%). The mean age of pts at the time of operation was 66 +/- 11.

[Transhiatal esophagectomy for carcinoma of the esophagus--our ten years experience].

During the past 10 years, at University Surgical Clinic Rijeka, 107 patients underwent operation for carcinoma of the esophagus and cardia. Transhiatal esophagectomy was performed in 29 patients; in 28 of them an esophagogastrostomy was performed, and in one patient a pharingogastrostomy. Of the 29 patients, there were 24 men (82.