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Background: Our study evaluates surgical outcomes of patients treated for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma in a single institution and demonstrates postoperative (90 days) morbidity and mortality rates and potential prognostic factors associated with complications. Methods: Medical records of all patients with a diagnosis of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (pCC) between 2007 and 2017 who underwent a surgical procedure at the University hospital centre Zagreb, were retrospectively evaluated. Statistical analysis to determine predictors of postoperative mortality was performed using the Chi-square test and Fisher exact probability test where appropriate. Results: Out of 52 surgically treated patients, 43 underwent radical and 9 palliative procedures. Hilar resection and hilar resection along with right hepatectomy were the most commonly performed procedures in 34 radically treated patients. Overall morbidity and mortality rates were 46% and 5.7%, respectively. Significantly higher morbidity rate was observed in a group of patient with untreated preoperative jaundice and in those aged 70 and over. Conclusion: Current guidelines favor extension of radicality in treatment of pCC by performing left or right hepatectomy in addition to hilar resection. This may increase R0 resection rates and prolong disease free survival. Our experience shows similar mortality/morbidity rates as reported in other centers and confirms that in selected patients, concomitant hepatectomy for perihilar pCC is a safe and feasible surgical strategy.

Prikazujemo slučaj tridesetsedmogodišnje bolesnice s velikim adenokarcinomom poprečnoga debelog crijeva te metastazama u slezeni, jetri, peritoneumu, velikom omentumu, mokračnome mjehuru, desnom jajniku i jajovodu. Nakon premještaja bolesnice u našu Bolnicu iz vanjske ustanove provedena je opsežna citoreduktivna kirurgija s multiorganskim resekcijama i hipertermijskom intraabdominalnom kemoterapijom (HIPEC). Nekoliko mjeseci kasnije ponovo je podvrgnuta kirurškom liječenju zbog novootkrivene metastaze u 7. jetrenom segmentu i ona je ukonjena. Kemoterapijske cikluse primala je tijekom cijeloga postoperativnog perioda. Danas, dvije godine nakon prve operacije, bolesnica je subjektivno bez tegoba i bez znakova recidiva bolesti. Agresivna citoreduktivna kirurgija koja uključuje multiorganske resekcije, peritonektomiju, HIPEC dokazano je primjenjiv način liječenja u određenih skupina bolesnika s uznapredovalim abdominalnim tumorima, u sklopu čega je i sinkrona resekcija jetre. Ovo je prva sinkrona resekcija jetre u sklopu redovito provođene citoreduktivne kirurgije i HIPEC-a u Hrvatskoj.

Ascending colon cancer as a colocutaneous fistula to the abdominal wall at the site of a previous postoperative scar is extremely rare. A 69 year old male presented with five day history of pain and foul smelling discharge from right subcostal scar from elective cholecystectomy performed 8 years ago. Last three days, he had fever up to 39 degrees C, with mild pain in right upper abdominal quadrant without vomiting, diarrhea, bloody stools or weight loss. Computed tomography, with peroral contrast, revealed extralumination into abdominal wall with several fistulas reaching the skin. Emergency median laparotomy found infiltrating tumor of ascending colon into abdominal wall. A right hemicolectomy and complete thickness abdominal wall excision (7 x 10 cm) was performed. The abdominal wall defect was too extensive for primary closure and two 20 x 20 cm moist gauzes were placed to cover the defect and were fixed with stitches to the skin. On second postoperative day, due to contamination, porcine dermal collagen implant was placed intraperitoneally. Such emergency presentations and therapeutic options are discussed.

A 21-year-old female patient was diagnosed with horseshoe kidney at the age of 10. She had been treated with peritoneal dialysis from 2005 to 2009, when she received kidney from a deceased donor. The posttransplant course was complicated by development of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida sepsis. Reduced immunosuppression resulted in acute rejection, which demanded graphtectomy 2 months after transplantation. She restarted peritoneal dialysis for additional 2 years. In March 2011, she received her second transplant with excellent function. Nine months after the transplantation, she developed ascites, with early satiety and vomiting. MSCT revealed severe encapsulating sclerosing peritonitis. Her overall condition deteriorated, so she underwent adhesiolysis with resection of incarcerated terminal ileum. Due to acute allograft rejection, urgent graphtectomy was performed. Currently, she is receiving everolimus and dialysis successfully, with excellent overall status.

There is wide diversity of etiologies of perforation classified as nontraumatic spontaneous small intestine perforation.

Metastatic tumors of the long bones usually present with severe pain refractory to analgesic therapy. Pathologic fractures of the bone may lead to the significant decrease of patient’s quality of life and necessitate further surgical therapy. We present 66 year old female with metastatic left breast carcinoma (T2N0M0) diagnosed 5 years before presentation of the metastatic lesion of the right femur causing severe pain in the middle of the right upper leg. Pain persisted after palliative irradiation therapy. We performed radiofrequency ablation of the metastatic lesion of the right femur using R.I.T.A. Medical System Generator. This resulted in total necrosis of the tumor mass that caused osteolysis of the internal part of the femoral cortex. First three months after RFA procedure, the pain and tenderness were absent and normal daily activities were performed without restrictions.

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is one treatment modality for unresectable liver metastases. Patients with hepatic malignancies (n = 24) underwent elective RFA. All tumors were ablated with a curative intent, with a margin of 1 cm, in a single session of RFA. The median diameter of tumor was 3.1 cm (range 1.7-6.9 cm). Studied patients were not candidates for resection due to multifocal hepatic disease, extrahepatic disease, proximity to major vascular structures or presence of cirrhosis with functional hepatic reserve inadequate to tolerate major hepatic resection. Complete tumor necrosis was achieved in 87.5% and tumor recurred in 3 patients (12.5%) with lesions larger than 5 cm. Distant intrahepatic recurrence was diagnosed in another 4 (16.7%). Distant metastases were found in 7 (29.2%) patients. Four of these 7 patients had also distant intrahepatic recurrence of disease. Two and 5-years survival rates were 41.7% (10 patients) and 8.3% (2 patients) respectively. RFA is safe and effective option for patients with unresectable hepatic malignancies smaller than 5 cm without distant metastatic disease. RF ablation resulted in complete tumor necrosis in 87.5% with 2 and 5- years survival rates much higher than with chemotherapy alone or only supportive therapy, when survival is measured in weeks or months. If RFA is unavailable, percutaneous ethanol injection therapy can be done but with inferior survival rates.

Sadašnje stanje i mogućnosti kirurškog liječenja prorođenih srčanih grešaka srca u Hrvatskoj

Bolesniku zbog hemoroida 3-4 stupnja učinjena hemoroidektomija sa cirkularnim staplerom (operacija po Longo-U9. Slijedećeg dana je zbog slabosti, bolova i distenzije trbuha učinjena obrada te se nađe na MSCT-u slobodna tekućina gustoće krvi koja se dokaže intraoperativno. Nađe se raslojena seroza i muskularis u području tenije rektosigmoidnog kolona iz koje izlazi krv uz pristunog intramuralnog hematoma. Učini se operacija po Hartmannu te bolesnik urednog postoprativnog tijeka napusti bolnicu 12 postoperativni dan