Published in Rozhledy v chirurgii : měsíčník Československé chirurgické společnosti
Endoscopic endonasal treatment of traumatic cerebrospinal fluid leak is the treatment of choice for the clival fractures.
Published in Rozhledy v chirurgii : měsíčník Československé chirurgické společnosti
Intestinal tuberculosis is a rare disease in developed countries, affecting mainly immigrants and immunocompromised patients. Clinical presentation may mimic many other abdominal diseases such as intra-abdominal infections, tumors, and Crohn´s disease. Differential diagnosis of Crohn´s disease and intestinal tuberculosis poses a dilemma to clinicia...
Published in Rozhledy v chirurgii : měsíčník Československé chirurgické společnosti
PATOD study showed that therapy of rectal cancer is highly heterogeneous in the Czech Republic. Despite the best conditions provided, university hospitals and large departments within complex oncologic centers do not fully utilize this benefit.
Published in Rozhledy v chirurgii : měsíčník Československé chirurgické společnosti
The new magnetic detection method of sentinel lymph nodes (SentiMag) is feasible and clinically comparable to the gold standard method of detection with a radioisotope and the gamma-probe in patients with breast cancer. The new method could find its use not only in hospitals where the department of nuclear medicine is not available but in all hospi...
Published in Rozhledy v chirurgii : měsíčník Československé chirurgické společnosti
Pruritus ani is a common disease with a number of causes; therefore, effective treatment may be insufficient in the initial stages. The therapy is focused on the primary cause, if found. Broad differential diagnosis options need to be taken into consideration, and reevaluation of the therapy is a priority. When no obvious secondary cause is found, ...
Published in Rozhledy v chirurgii : měsíčník Československé chirurgické společnosti
The number of patients acutely bleeding into the digestive tract is high and rising particularly within the group using various forms of antithrombotic therapy. Despite the existence of accepted guidelines, these patients are often not equipped with any form of gastroprotection. Compliance with the accepted standards could positively influence this...
Published in Rozhledy v chirurgii : měsíčník Československé chirurgické společnosti
Heterotopic mesenteric ossification (HMO) is a rare disease inducing pathological bone tissue formation in the abdominal cavity after multiple operational traumas. The authors present an unusual case of mesenteric ossification formation in a 30 year-old man after surgery due to status ileosus on the basis of intestinal incarceration. After being re...
Published in Rozhledy v chirurgii : měsíčník Československé chirurgické společnosti
We present the case of a 26-year-old female patient with coincidental ultrasound finding of a neck tumour located below the left thyroid lobe. The tumour slightly increased in size over a year. Fine needle aspiration indicated the neuroectodermal origin of the tumour and surgical removal was performed. Although the tumour mass was carefully and suc...
Published in Rozhledy v chirurgii : měsíčník Československé chirurgické společnosti
This new method of endovascular aneurysm sealing (EVAS) of abdominal aortic aneurysm makes it possible to treat patients whose anatomy would normally require technically complex and more expensive endovascular methods. We aim to follow long-term results of the method in larger patient cohorts.
Published in Rozhledy v chirurgii : měsíčník Československé chirurgické společnosti
Early identification of septic patients and prompt implementation of a complex, evidence-based interdisciplinary approach are the principal conditions for improving healthcare outcomes of care provided to patients with abdominal sepsis.
