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J Klecka

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Urological complications of congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus--long-term follow-up of one patient.

A male with a severe form of congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (diuresis 10 l per day) had megaureters, megavesica, large residuum and a history of three traumatic ruptures of the megavesica and a recurrent urinary tract infection (RUTI). Hemodialysis was introduced at 41 years of age. At age of 42, he underwent a bilateral retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy to prevent further RUTI and 8 months later transplantation of a cadaver kidney. Intermittent catheterization is necessary due to residual urine in the urinary bladder.

Diabetes Insipidus, Nephrogenic↗

[Miniinvasive laparoscopic or retroperitoneoscopic radical nephrectomy for the parenchymal tumor].

INTRODUCTION: Laparoscopic (LRNE) or retroperitoneoscopic (RRNE) radical nefrectomy originally published in 1991, respectively in 1993, began to be introduced in common practice at the end of the 20th century. In this work we summarize our findings gathered upon introduction of these methods. SUBJECTS AND METHODOLOGY: We present a group of 50 miniinvasive nephrectomies conducted during 2003-2004 (46 LRNE and 4 RRNE). LRNE was combined with ipsilateral adrenalectomy in five cases and with cholecystectomy in three cases (in all cases the LRNE was on the right side). RESULTS: The mean age of the patient subjects was 65 +/- 11 years (34-81). The blood loss was 134 +/- 201 ml (30-1200). The tumor size according to the CT was 50 +/- 13 mm (30-82). Histologically, 45x renal carcinomas, 4x oncocytomas, 1 x urothelial carcinomas were diagnosed. The drain was removed 2.1 +/- 0.9 days following the surgery. The mean hospitalization time was 6.1 +/- 1.6 days (4-9). Only a single major, however lethal, complication arised: In a 74-year old female, the left-sided LRNE due to the carcinoma pT3bG2 and at the same time vaginal hysterectomy, extraction of the renal preparation through the vagina and anterior and posterior vaginoplasty (for a prolaps) were conducted. The patient was repeatedly revised for haemoperitoneum and she exited on the 18th postoperative day due to pneumonia. The mean duration of the LRNE was 168 +/- 40 minutes (80-265). The combined LRNE and cholecystomic procedure lasted 265 minutes. The mean duration of the LRNE with CHE was 213 minutes, and of the LRNE with adrenalectomy was 170 minutes. In 4 cases of the RRNE (indicated three times due to preceeding major surgical procedures in the abdominal cavity and once for the Crohn's disease) the mean duration was 203 minutes. CONCLUSION: Miniinvasive RNE in TI tumors is a modem reproducible methodology suitable for application in clinical practice. The laparoscopic approach appears more appropriate. The retroperitoneoscopic approach is indicated mainly in cases of postoperative adhesions in the abdominal cavity.

Adult↗

[Papillary renal cell carcinoma surrounded by unusual fibrotic reaction resembling inflammatory pseudotumour--a case report].

Authors report clinicopathological features of an unusual case of composite renal lesion occuring in 32-year-old Caucasian male. The patient was followed for cystic lesion of retroperitoneal-renal region for 5 years. He was indicated for resection of the cystic lesion because of changes of the retroperitoneal mass on CT scan. A cyst was located on upper renal pole. A huge cystic mass filled mainly by necrotic material was resected and submitted for histological examination. The wall of the cyst was composed of fibrous tissue, indistinguishable from inflammatory pseudotumor on histological level. The vital intracystic tissue was formed by well-differentiated papillary renal cell carcinoma. The most important step within differential diagnosis is distinguishing of sarcomatoid differentiation in renal cell carcinoma. This very rare case demonstrates the importance of careful examination of all spindle cell lesions of the kidney.

Adult↗

[Role of videomediastinoscopy in diagnostic procedures of pathological conditions in the mediastinum].

Due to recent advances in videotechnology and a worldwide comback of invasive staging methods of the lung cancer, mediastinoscopy has been revived. In the Surgical Clinic of the Faculty Hospital in Plzen, the authors carried out 54 videomagnetoscopic examinations of 53 patients aged 58.1 years on average, in total, during the period from 2000 till 2003. Mostly, in 41 cases (76%) the examination was performed as a part of the lung cancer staging procedure. None of the patients exited in direct correlation with the surgical procedure. Complications, not requiring reoperation, were reported in 2 cases. The lung carcinoma staging findings agreed with the postoperative N disease classification in 86% of the examined cases. Five cases (14%) were underestimated and always the superior lobe carcinomas were concerned, out of which four of them were on the left. At the same time, the non-invasive staging examination using computer tomography (CT) in the mediastinal lung cancer dissemination examination, proved to show a high rate of false-positive findings, when compared to that with videomediastinoscopy. Mediastinoscopy remains the supreme method in determining other pathological affections of the middle mediastinum, if properly indicated. The authors carry out the above miniinvasive examination as a part of the lung cancer staging method in all patients with the CT-confirmed mediastinal lymphonodes enlarged over 1 cm. They consider this method a necessary part of this disease staging protocol, in cases of the left superior lung lobe tumors combined with videothoracoscopy. At the same time the authors recommend it as the method of choice in diagnosing other pathological processes of the middle mediastinum, mainly for its high efficiency rate and its low rates of complications.

Adult↗

[Tracheobronchial injuries--experience with diagnosis and therapy].

The incidence of penetrating injuries of the respiratory pathways is permanently low and relatively stable, on the other hand, it may be assumed that there is an increasing rate of tracheobronchial injuries during blunt accidents of the chest in particular in conjunction with the increased rate of traffic injuries. Serious injuries are involved, in particular because of their high morbidity and mortality; frequently they are part of associated injuries and polytraumas. In 1999-2002 at the Surgical Clinic of the Plzen-Lochotín Faculty Hospital a penetrating stab wound of the cervical trachea was treated in an 11-year-old boy and injuries of the large bronchi of adult men resulting from blunt chest injuries during car accidents. All three injuries were associated with a typical symptomatology of pneumocolon and pneumomediastinum, or persistent pneumothorax and respiratory complaints resp. The definite diagnosis was established in two instances shortly after admission, based on results of CT and bronchoscopic examination, in the case of the injury of the middle bronchus only on the following day during surgical revision combined with preoperative bronchoscopy. Treatment was surgical in all instances. Twice the lesion was sutured, in one case pulmonary resection was performed. No significant postoperative complications were observed nor any deaths. The main factors which influence in a decisive way the prognosis of the casualty and the therapeutic result are in the authors' opinion, consistent with data in the literature, early assessment of the diagnosis of tracheobronchial injury and early adequate therapeutic action. In the diagnosis a dominant position is held in addition to CT in particular by treacheobronchoscopy. In case of surgical treatment reconstruction operations are preferred.

Adult↗

[Stab injuries of the heart].

Stab injuries of the heart belong into the category of fatal injuries. Along with the increased crime rate also the number of these injuries increased and they must be tackled unexpectedly by the surgeon who frequently lacks specialization in cardiosurgery. The authors present the case histories of three patients whom they treated successfully in 2001. All there were males, at the time of admission to the emergency department with marginal stabilization of the circulation. Ultrasound examination of the pericardium revealed in all a haemopericardium with amounts from 150 to 300 ml, one man was operated already with symptoms of progressing tamponade of the pericardium. During surgical revision in the operation theatre always one isolated injury of one of the cardiac departments was treated. The postoperative course was uncomplicated and the patients were discharged into domiciliary care on the 7th and 8th day after surgery resp. Consistent with quoted authors, favourable prognostic factors in penetrating stab wounds of the heart include the following: younger age, early transport to the emergency centre, presence of cardiac tamponade and early surgical revision by a competent surgeon without the necessity of specialization in cardiosurgery. The authors emphasize the rule which pushes examination methods into the background: stab wound in the cardiac area + unstable circulation = surgical revision.

Adult↗

[300 videothoracoscopy procedures--personal experience].

Videothoracoscopy and video-assisted thoracic surgery are by now already standard therapeutic procedures in thoracic surgery. The authors submit their experience with the method after 300 thoracoscopic operation at the surgical clinic of the Faculty Hospital in Plzen from the end of 1993 to the beginning of 2000. The main indications for this mini-invasive procedure is the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax, diagnostic biopsy in pulmonary dissemination of obscure etiology, diagnosis and treatment of pleural exudates and elimination of minor peripheral pulmonary lesions. The authors discuss different surgical procedures in the most frequent diagnoses, their advantages and risks, indication criteria, complications. Attention is also paid to the causes of 10% conversions. In case of treatment of a spontaneous pneumothorax the authors consider videothoracoscopy as the method of first choice, while in case of primary carcinoma of the lungs they recommend the classical procedure. Other possibilities for the wider application of thoracoscopy and its development in their own department include in particular traumatic thoracic surgery.

Humans↗

[Nosocomial infections in surgical intensive care of multiple injuries].

The authors present an abridged version of the final report of a State research programme. By introduction of a series of provisions and expedient use of funds available for research it proved possible to reduce the incidence of nosocomial infections in surgical patients from 14% to 12% and in a group with multiple injuries in the surgical intensive care unit from 18% to 10%.

Anti-Bacterial Agents↗

[Surgical and infectious complications after kidney transplantation].

Analysis of 100 consecutive cadaverous renal transplants revealed significantly better long-term graft function and patient survival rates and lower incidence of surgical postoperative complications in the second 50 transplants in comparison with the first 50 transplants. The incidence of infectious complications declined with the decrease in the corticosteroids dosage. Severe mycotic infections were prevented by prophylactic administration of antimycotic drugs and by shortening the period of prophylactic antibiotic treatment to 24 hours.

Adolescent↗

[Initial experience with autologous thrombocytes labeled with 111indium-oxine].

The authors elaborated their own modification of the separation and labelling of autologous thrombocytes by means of 111indium-oxine which can be implemented in Czechoslovak departments of nuclear medicine with standard equipment. A total of 123 separations and labellings were made and 85 administrations to patients. The effectiveness of labelling by the described method was 79.5 +/- 6.9%, the separation yield of thrombocytes with regard to complete blood 44.3 +/- 13.8%. The aggregating capacity of the labelled platelets assessed in vitro after ADP stimulation (adenosine diphosphate) was 39.5 +/- 10.1% difference in optic density of platelet rich and platelet poor plasma which is evidence of the preserved viability of thrombocytes. "Recovery" during the 120th minute after administration of normal suspensions was 62.2 +/- 17.9%, the survival time of labelled thrombocytes 8.2 +/- 0.74 days. In patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura the "recovery" was 49.4 +/- 18%, the survival period 2.9 +/- 1.8 days. In patients after transplantation of the kidney complicated by acute rejection there was an increased accumulation of labelled platelets in the area of the kidney (count rate index 2.32 +/- 0.45). In normally functioning transplanted kidneys the count rate index was 1.42 +/- 0.06. On their own material the authors demonstrate other possibilities of clinical application of scintigraphy by means of labelled autologous platelets (a method hitherto not described in the Ccezhoslovak literature) for the detection of intracardial and arterial thrombosis.

Blood Platelets↗

Spontaneous renal allograft rupture. Clinical and pathological patterns.

Rupture of an allografted kidney occurred in five patients 5-17 days after transplantation. In one patient the microscopic pathological changes corresponded with the nodose polyarteritis pattern. In four patients interstitial rejection nephritis with severe haemorrhage and haematoma was found. It is suggested that the bleeding is due to peristatic hyperaemia and defects in the inner elastic membranes. In one case multifocal necrotizing arteriopathy was the main pathogenetic factor.

Adult↗