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Isolated fallopian tube metastasis from colorectal cancer: ultrasonographic features
We present here the first-reported case of tubal metastasis from colorectal cancer diagnosed by a preoperative pelvic ultrasound. A 53-year-old woman suffering from vaginal discharge was referred to us 2 years...
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Delaying surgery to perform CT scans for suspected appendicitis decreases the rate of negative appendectomies without increasing the rate of perforation nor postoperative complications
Negative appendectomies are costly and are embedded with unnecessary risks for the patients. A careful indication for surgery seems mandatory even more so, since conservative therapy emerges as a potential alt...
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Adenocarcinomas of the upper third of the rectum and the rectosigmoid junction seem to have similar prognosis as colon cancers even without radiotherapy, SAKK 40/87
To investigate the prognosis of adenocarcinomas of the upper third of the rectum and the rectosigmoid-junction without radiotherapy.
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Effect of bisacodyl on postoperative bowel motility in elective colorectal surgery: a prospective, randomized trial
Postoperative ileus is a common condition after abdominal surgery. Many prokinetic drugs have been evaluated including osmotic laxatives. The data on colon-stimulating laxatives are scarce. This prospective, r...
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Treatment of the Open Abdomen with the Commercially Available Vacuum-Assisted Closure System in Patients with Abdominal Sepsis
Abdominal Vacuum-Assisted Closure (V.A.C.) systems for treatment of open abdomens have been predominantly used for trauma patients with a high primary fascial closure rate. Use of the V.A.C. technique in abdom...
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Adjuvant perioperative portal vein or peripheral intravenous chemotherapy for potentially curative colorectal cancer: long-term results of a randomized controlled trial
The perioperative use of a single course adjuvant portal vein infusion chemotherapy in patients with potentially curable colorectal cancer has been shown to significantly improve overall survival but did not r...
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Randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of music on the virtual reality laparoscopic learning performance of novice surgeons
Findings have shown that music affects cognitive performance, but little is known about its influence on surgical performance. The hypothesis of this randomized controlled trial was that arousing (activating) ...
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Performance of laparoscopy in identifying malignant ovarian cysts
Peroperative identification of malignancy is crucial to management planning for ovarian cysts. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of laparoscopy in identifying malignant ovarian cysts.
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Osteosynthese distaler Radiusfrakturen mit der AO/ASIF Titan-Pi-Platte
Die AO/ASIF Titan-Pi-Platte wurde entwickelt, um eine optimale Versorgung distaler, intraartikulärer und instabiler Radiusfrakturen zu gewährleisten. Dies soll durch eine optimale Anpassung an die Anatomie sow...
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Open AccessInfrequent mutation of the tumour-suppressor gene Smad4 in early-stage colorectal cancer
Smad4 is a candidate tumour-suppressor gene identified recently on chromosome 18q21.1. Both alleles are inactivated in nearly one-half of pancreatic carcinomas, but its role in the tumorigenesis of other tumou...
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Mehrfach rezidivierende Diverticulitis perforata jejuni
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Der Nachweis disseminierter kolorektaler Tumorzellen mittels quantitativer realtime PCR ist ein signifikanter, statistisch unabhängiger prognostischer Faktor
Hintergrund: Das Ziel dieser Studie ist es, mittels der quantitativen real-time PCR (Taqman) durch den Nachweis von mRNA des Tumormarkers CEA und des Zytokeratines CK20 Karzinomzellen in Blut und...
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Tumorchirurgie
Die chirurgische Resektion ist sicher die älteste, häufigste und für solide Tumoren wichtigste Behandlungsart.Vor über 100 Jahren schon fand die erste Magenresektion bei Magenkrebs und die erste Operation eine...
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Zahnstocherperforation eines Meckel-Divertikels
We report the case of a 31-year-old man with lower abdominal pain, leucocytosis and normal sonographic findings. When performing laparoscopy we found a Meckel's diverticulum perforated by a toothpick. Meckel'...
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Intraarterielle Chemotherapie kolorektaler Lebermetastasen — Langzeitresultate
In a retrospective study we evaluated the long-term results of intraarterial chemotherapy for inoperable colorectal liver metastases and the value of the modulation of 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) with Leucovorin (LV...
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Tumorchirurgie
Die chirurgische Resektion ist sicher die älteste, häufigste und für solide Tumoren wichtigste Behandlungsart. Vor über 100 Jahren schon fand die erste Magenresektion bei Magenkrebs und die erste Operation ein...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Lungenchirurgie beim älteren Menschen — ein erhöhtes Risiko?
During 1990 to 1994, 180 pulmonary resections and 7 exploratory thoracotomies were performed and retrospectively analyzed for age-dependent hospital morbidity and mortality. Out of 141 men and 47 women (averag...
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Tumorchirurgie
Die chirurgische Resektion ist sicher die älteste, häufigste und für solide Tumoren wichtigste Behandlungsart. Vor über 100 Jahren schon fand die erste Magenresektion bei Magenkrebs und die erste Operation ein...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Phase II Study of Intra-arterial Fluorouracil and Mitomycin-C for Liver Metastases of Colorectal Cancer
Hepatic metastases are present in approximately 20% of patients undergoing resection of primary colorectal cancer and subsequently occur in an additional 40% of patients, making the liver the most common site ...
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Langzeitergebnisse chirurgischer Behandlung von Lungenmetastasen
A retrospective review covered 110 patients who had had 130 thoracotomies for 193 lung metastases between 1960 and 1988. The cumulative survival rate after 5 years was 39%, 24% after 10 years and 13% after 15 ...
