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M Kasalický

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[Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of iatrogennic lesions of biliary tract during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Management of papila injury after invasive endoscopy. Part 1. Prevention and diagnosis of bile duct injuries].

INTRODUCTION: Endoscopic invasive procedures in 70th and 80th years leaded to decrease reoperations on biliary tree. Iatrogenic injury of the biliary tract have increased in incidence in the first decade with the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Athough a number of factors have been identified with a high risk of injury ( and number of technical steps have been emphasized to avoid these injury, the incidence of the bile duct injury has reached at least double the rate observed with open cholecystectomy. Cholecystectomy is most frequently performed abdominal operation and the most serious complication associated with this procedure is accidental injury to the common bile duct (0.3-0.4%). This preventable technical error has tradicionally been thought to occur in one or more of three situations: 1. When the operator attempts to clip or ligate a bleeding cystic artery and also clips the common hepatic duct (Fig. 3a). 2. When too much traction has been exerted on the gallbladder so that the common bile duct has tented up into an albow, which was either tied off with ligature or clipped (Fig. 3b). 3. When anatomic anomalies were not recognized and the wrong structure is divided, for example, when the cystic duct winds anterior to the common bile duct and enters on the left side, or when the cystic duct joins the right hepatic duct rather than the junction of the common hepatic and the common bile ducts (Fig. 1, 2, 3cd). In anatomical incertain cases is discussed about cholangiography and cholecystocholangiography during laparoscopy cholecystectomy. Most patients sustained a bile duct injury are recognized in the weeks folloving laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Careful preoperative preparation should include control of sepsis by draining any bile collections or fistulas and komplete cholangiography. Long-term results are best achieved in specialized hepatobiliary centres performing biliary reconstruction with a Roux-Y hepaticojejunostomy. Success rates over 90% have been reported from several centres to date with intermediate follow-up. Papila injury increased with introduction of a invasive endoscopy. Risk of deadly retroperitoneal inflamation is very high. Injury require same surgery procedure as duodenum injury. OWN EXPERIENCES: In an article a review of experiences of the 1st surgery department of General hospital in Prague since 1971 in 1 017 reoperations on biliary tree was carried out. There was in 311 patients 164 hepatohepatostomies and 147 hepaticojejunostomies used (Tab. 1). By laparoscopic injuries were high hilar injuries (Bismuth IV) in last decade and hepaticojejunostomy was done in all cases. Died 6%, long term results are acceptable by injured patients with hepaticohepaticostomies in 70%, by hepaticojejunostomies in 90%. Reoperated were 10% patients (Tab. 1). Remnant patients were dilated endoscopicaly. Postoperatively morbidity was high, above 26%. In years 1995-2003 were 8 patients with papila injury and inflamation in retroperitoneum operated as a injured duodenum (Tab. 2). CONCLUSIONS: Better experiences with treatment of injured biliary tree and papila are in centres interested in hepatobilliary surgery which knowledge anatomy of hilus of liver and can make wide hepaticojejunostomy. Transfer of drained injured patient to centre is possible.

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[Prevention, diagnosis and surgical treatment of injuries of the biliary tract during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Treatment of papilla injuries caused by invasive endoscopy. Part 2. Surgical treatment of biliary tract injuries].

INTRODUCTION: Introduction of endoscopic invasive procedures in the 70th and 80th years leaded to decrease reoperations on biliary tree. latrogenic injury of the biliary tract have increased in incidence in the first decade with the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Athough a number of factors have been identified with a high risk of injury (and number of technical steps have been emphasized to avoid these injury, the incidence of the bile duct injury has reached at least double the rate observed with open cholecystectomy. Most patients that sustained a bile duct injury are recognized in the weeks following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Careful preoperative preparation should include control of sepsis by draining any bile collections or fistulas and complete cholangiography. Long-term results are best achieved in specialized hepatobiliary centers performing biliary reconstruction with a Roux-Y hepaticojejunostomy. Success rates over 90% have been reported from several centres to date with intermediate follow-up. Introduction of an invasive endoscopy. Very dangerous is injury after endoscopic papilotomy. OWN EXPERIENCES: In an article of a review of experiences of the Ist Department of Surgery of General hospital in Prague since 1971 in 1 017 reoperations on biliary tree has been carried out. There were in 311 patients 164 hepato-hepatostomies and 147 hepaticojejunostomies used (Tab. 1). By laparoscopic injuries in the last decade were hilary injuries (Bismuth IV) and hepaticojejunostomy was done in all cases. Died 6%, long-term results are acceptable by injured patients with hepatico-hepaticostomies in 70%, by hepaticojejunostomies in 90%. Reoperated were 10% patients. Remnant patients were dilated endoscopically. Postoperatively morbidity was high, above 26%. In years 1995-2003 were 8 patients with papila injury and inflammation in retroperitoneum operated as a injured duodenum (Tab. 2). CONCLUSIONS: Better experiences with treatment of injured biliary tree and papila are in centres interested in hepatobiliary surgery which know anatomy of hilus of the liver and can see wide hepaticojejunostomy. Transfer of drained injured patient to centre is possible.

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[Long-term experience with adjustable gastric banding].

Obesity is the most common multifactorial metabolic disorder defined as an increased portion of the adipose tissue in the human body. The latest WHO report mentions a pandemia of the obesity. In the Czech Republic, its prevalence is currently 25.7% in females and 22.4% in males. A conservative approach is the main treatment method in the morbid obese patients. In case it fails, a surgical treatment is yet another option. The authors have conducted bariatric surgery (the surgical management of obesity) in the 1st Surgical Clinic since 1984. In 1993 they performed the first non-adjustable gastric bandage (NGB) using laparoscopy and since 1997 they have also performed adjustable bandages (AGB) in selected patients. From 1993 to 2004 they performed 734 procedures for morbid obesity. 647 (88%) obese patients had the gastric non-adjusable bandage applied and 87 (12%) of the obese patients had the adjustable bandage applied.

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[Are complications of gastric banding decreased with cuff fixation?].

The gastric bandage is reliable method for long time control of weight loss in failed conservative cure of morbid obese patients. Since 1983 we have been concerned with bariatric surgery at the First Surgical Department of General Faculty Hospital of Charles University. 691 morbid obese patients (BMI 49.7 kg/m2, mean age of 38.1) underwent gastric banding (GB)--by laparotomy 58 obese patients and since 1993 by laparoscopy 633 obese patients. After 12 months the mean weight loss was 21.1 kg (14-32 kg) and after 24 month the mean weight loss was 38.7 kg (27-73 kg). In period of 1993-1998 the most frequent late complication in the group of 517 obese patients after laparoscopic nonadjustable gastric banding (LNGB) was in 5.1% dilatation of upper gastric pouch or slippage of anterior stomach wall above the band with vomiting and failure of gastric evacuation. In majority we removed GB laparoscopically. To prevent this complication we modified GB with fixing band with a cuff made from the anterior gastric wall. To test the effectiveness of this method we implemented in 1998-1999 a prospective randomized study. In the group of 80 morbid obese patients we created in 40 patients (n1-GB+C) LNGB with the cuff fixation and in 40 patients (n2-GB-C) without fixation. We followed-up of this patients after LNGB was in 6 weeks, 6 months and 12 months with measurement of pouch volume by endoscopy with calibrate endocannula. One year after GB in the group n1-GB+C the mean increase of the pouch volume was 14.6 ml, i.e. 124% of the original size, while in group n2-GB-C the mean increase of the pouch volume was 33.6 ml, i.e. 154.1% of the original size. The slippage or dilatation of the pouch was in group nl in one case while in group n2 in three cases (p < 0.001).

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[Percutaneous electrogastrography in the perioperative period in laparoscopic and classical cholecystectomy and in laparoscopic nonadjustable gastric banding].

Percutaneous electrogastrography (EGG) is a non-invasive measuring method of gastric myoelectrical activity. We measured myoelectrical activity patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (16 patients), after laparotomic cholecystectomy (9 patients) and after gastric bandage (14 patients). We used a Microdigitrapper (Medtronic) and data were analysed with a spectral analysis and Fournier's transformation. We measured 24 hours and 5 hours before operation procedure and 24 and 48 hours after operation. After operative procedure we compared results with healthy voluntaries. Bradygastria was found in most frequent cases in early postoperative period. Physiologic conditions were renewed in laparoscopic operative procedure in first day, after laparotomic operation in second day after operation.

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[The development of bariatric surgery and the role of the First Surgical Clinic of the General Medical School Hospital and the First Medical School of Charles University in Prague in this specialty].

The authors discuss the development of bariatric surgery in Europe and the USA from its beginnings at the onset of the fifties. More detailed attention is paid in particular to the development of the method of gastric bandings and the role at the First Surgical Department in this field in "classical" as well as miniinvasive surgery. Results of gastric banding are summarized in 683 patients operated since 1983, in particular the numbers of early and late complications after laparotomies and laparoscopic operations, similarly as complications which are directly associated with gastric banding itself. In the conclusion it is stated that the First Surgical Department of the General Faculty Hospital and First Medical Faculty Charles University in Prague belong as regards their results in surgical treatment of obese subjects and the position in the field of bariatric surgery on an international scale to the foremost departments in this field worldwide.

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[Percutaneous electrogastrography in the perioperative period in laparoscopic gastric banding at the First Surgical Clinic of the General Faculty Hospital in Prague].

Percutaneous electrogastrography (EGG) is a method which makes non-invasive follow-up of the myoelectric gastric activity possible. The authors present the results of assessment of the myoelectric gastric activity during the perioperative period in patients undergoing, at the First Surgical Clinic General Faculty Hospital, laparoscopic non-adjustable gastric banding. The data were recorded using a Microdigittrapper and evaluated using spectral analysis and Fourier's transformation. The authors mention also briefly conditions which must be met to ensure the study, and the physiological and pathophysiological background of the method. In 14 patients the ECG record was made 24 hours prior to surgery and then 5 hours, 24 and 48 hours after surgery on fasting and after a fluid bolus. The assembled results of the dynamics of perioperative changes on the EGG were compared with results obtained in a group of healthy volunteers. The most frequent finding during the early postoperative period was bradygastria, the return to preoperative values occurred on average 48 hours after surgery. Percutaneous electrogastrography is a non-invasive method which can provide the surgeon during the early postoperative period with information on myoelectric gastric activity.

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[History and present status of surgical treatment of morbid obesity].

Problems of extreme and morbid obesity take on constantly considerable relevance in 21st century. The prevalence of the obesity (BMI--Body Mass Index > 30 kg/m2) is still on the increase worldwide. In the Czech Republic approximately 16% of male and 20% of female in the age of 20-65 years are obese (BMI > 30 kg/m2). To begin with the effective cure is always indicate in case of the obesity over BMI > 30. The bariatric surgery is indicating in the occurrence of failure of conservative care of morbidly obese patients with recurrences of overweight. The morbid obesity with serious associate health complications often represents the vital danger of the patient's life. The development of the bariatric surgery passed from resections of the bowel, gastric bypasses, biliopancreatic diversions, horizontal gastroplasties to in the present the most frequently used methods as the vertical bandage gastroplasty (VBG) and the gastric bandage (GB). The standard applications of the miniinvasive laparoscopic methods with significant decrease of postoperative complications radical changes of the bariatric surgery in the present years.

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[Surgical treatment of morbid obesity--gastric banding].

Approximately 16% of male and 20% of female of the age from 20 to 65 years are obese in the Czech Republic. The restrictive bariatric procedure of stomach--gastric banding (GB) is one of possibilities to cure the morbid obese patients after failure of conservative therapy. The ratio of complications (5-18%) after GB presenting in various papers is comparable with the ratio of complications (4-23%) in others bariatric procedures. From 1993 to 1999, 517 morbid obese patients (mean BMI 51.1) underwent laparoscopic nonadjustable gastric banding (LNGB) at 1st Surgical Department, Charles University Teaching Faculty Hospital in Prague. As the early complications (during hospitalization) offered swelling of the gastric mucous in the place of GB in 5.6% (n = 29), the oesophagitis, the gastritis or the gastric ulcer in 1.5% (n = 9) and perforation of the stomach wall in 0.6% (n = 3). As the late complications offered the bleeding from peptic ulcer in 0.4% (n = 2), sequential migration of gastric band through the stomach wall inside in 0.6% (n = 3) and the slippage of anterior stomach wall or the dilatation of the pouch above gastric bandage in 5.1% (n = 26). The serious complications in 6.3% (n = 32) claimed surgical procedures. Other complications in 7.5% (n = 39) have been treated conservatively. The 86% (n = 446) of obese patients after LNGB were without complications.

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[Fixation of a non-adjustable gastric band using an anterior gastric wall cuff (randomized study)].

We have been concerned with bariatric surgery at the First Surgical Clinic of th General Faculty Hospital, First Medical Faculty, Charles University Prague since 1983. In 1983-1986 vertical gastroplasties were made, between 1986 and 1993 non-adjustable gastric bands were provided by the laparotomic approach. Since 1993 when we were the first to implement a gastric band operation (GB) by the laparoscopic route, this method is used as the standard method. In 1993-1998 we made at the First Surgical Clinic 517 laparoscopic GB operation on account of morbid obesity in patients with a body mass index of 34-49 kg/m2. The group comprised 449 women and 59 men. The most frequent late complication in our group of morbidly obese patients who had a laparoscopically administered GB was in 5.1% enlargement of the proximal pouch above the GB by dilatation of its wall or slippage of the anterior wall proximally under the GB with a subsequent disorder of gastric evacuation and vomiting. We tried to reduce the incidence of this complication by fixing the GB by a cuff made from the anterior gastric wall. To test the effectiveness of the suggested fixation of the non-adjustable GB by a cuff we implemented in 1998-1999 a prospective randomized study in a group of 80 morbidly obese patients divided into experimental group n1-GB + C with the cuff and a control group n2-GB - C without a cuff. We investigated the incidence of the mentioned complication and the changed volume of the pouch above the GB after one year. Endoscopic assessment of the size of the pouch above the GB after surgery and after one year revealed that in group n1-GB + C the mean increase of the pouch volume was 14.6 ml, i.e. 124% of the original size, while in group n2-GB - C the mean increase of the volume was 33.6 ml, i.e. 154.1% of the original size (p < 0.001). Based on the assembled results and aware of the fact that small groups were involved, we should like to express the assumption that the suggested modification, i.e. fixation of a non-adjustable GB by a cuff made from the anterior gastric wall can reduce the incidence of the complication of slippage of the anterior gastric wall proximally above the bandage.

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[Incarcerated Waldeyer's hernia as the cause of necrosis of the small intestine (case report)].

The authors present a case-record of a rare incarcerated Waldeyer hernia which became the cause of infarsation and necrosis of the free portion of the small intestine in the abdominal cavity, which developed as a result of compression of the upper mesenteric vein by the contents of the hernial sac. The authors draw attention to the asset of CT examination for preoperative diagnosis. US examination failed. They explain why, although a rare acute ileous abdomen is involved, the X-ray picture of levels on the native X-ray of the abdomen is lacking.

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The role of laparoscopy in the treatment of morbid obesity.

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic surgery was established as a regular surgical technique 11 years ago. There are still some controversies among surgeons about the benefits of this method. METHOD: A retrospective 3-year analysis of immediate and long-term complication rates, hospitalization length, and weight loss following laparotomic and laparoscopic nonadjustable gastric banding in 150 and 145 patients, respectively, was undertaken. Some of the criteria usually used for comparison of results in laparotomy and laparoscopy in general surgery were used in this analysis as background for the comparison of the two groups of obese patients. One example of the different results of the laparotomic and laparoscopic approaches in bariatric surgery was provided by obese monozygotic twins who underwent surgery the same day in our department, one by laparotomy and the other by laparoscopy. There was a significant difference in hospitalization length, in required postoperative analgesia, and in levels of c-reactive protein. RESULTS: There was no statistical difference in intraoperative complication rates in the two groups, but there was a significant difference in immediate and long-term postoperative complications of wound discharge and incisional hernias. The obese twins illustrate the significant difference in postoperative c-reactive protein levels and in length of operating time and hospitalization in favor of laparoscopy, and this difference supports our results in much larger groups of genetically unrelated patients who were studied. CONCLUSION: At the end of the 10-year period of laparoscopic surgery for bariatric procedures, the results were impressive. The laparoscopic approach to surgery for morbid obesity was of considerable value in terms of low morbidity and mortality.

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Bariatric surgery at First Surgical Department in Prague--Czech Republic--history and some technical aspects of the procedures.

BACKGROUND: There is an increasing number of obese population in the Czech Republic in last twenty years. In 1983 we were one of the first surgical departments in the country who started with bariatric surgery on regular basis. METHODS: In the period from 1983 to 1986 we performed vertical banded gastroplasties (VBG) in our department. Because of high rate of various complications arising both from the stomach and from the wound we switched in 1986 to less "aggressive" non-adjustable gastric banding. In 1993 we performed the first round the world laparoscopic non-adjustable banding. In 1994 we started with laparoscopic placement of adjustable gastric bands. RESULTS: In the group of 52 patients who underwent VBG and were followed-up, acceptable weight loss results (-40.5 kg) were achieved in 24 months following surgery. The postoperative complications were high, 17.3% of gastric staple line disruption and 15.3% of wound complications--incisional hernias, discharge etc. Since 1986 we performed non-adjustable gastric banding in 150 patients with the weight loss of -38.4 kg in 24 months following surgery. There was no change in the wound complications rate, but the complications arising from the stomach and the band decreased to 6.3%. Since June 1993 we performed 268 procedures laparoscopically either with non-adjustable bands or since 1994 with the adjustable bands. The wound complication rate decreased to 0.9% and one complication (6.6%) was connected with the adjustable band. CONCLUSIONS: Because of the high rate of postoperative complications connected in our experience with VBG we started with gastric bandings in 1986. Since than the number of complications arising from the stomach decreased substantially. With the laparoscopic technique used in bariatric surgery there was another decrease in wound healing problems. With the adjustable GB a significant decrease in the stomach related complications occurred. Shorter hospital stay is related to the laparoscopic technique. The long-term weight loss results are not significantly different among the procedures mentioned above.

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[Acute pancreatitis--the need for an active approach. Experience in our department].

The authors draw attention to the rising incidence of acute pancreatitis, based on their own observations. They present very briefly the last version of the classification of acute pancreatitis, the so-called Atlanta classification of 1992. They summarise methods of conservative treatment of acute pancreatitis which they used as a basis for elaborating their own therapeutic pattern. In the presented group in 1995 19 patients with the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis were treated which was diagnosed based on the clinical condition, biochemical results, US and CT examination of the pancreas. CT examination is considered most important. In three instances acute non-complicated pancreatitis was involved, seven times acute accumulation of fluid in the pancreas and eight times acute necrosis of the pancreas. In 13 men and 6 women the mean age was 54.3 years. As to the aetiology, acute pancreatitis was 9 times of biliary origin, 6 times due to alcohol abuse, twice due to ERCP, once after chemotherapy and in one case the cause was not revealed. All patients with acute necrosis of the pancreas were operate by laparostomy, zip closure was used and repeated surgical revisions were made. Of 19 patients 8 died (all with acute necrosis of the pancreas). In antibiotic prevention of secondary infection of the pancreas in acute pancreatitis cefazoline proved most useful. Aprotinine administration to inhibit proteases is according to the authors effective only during the first 48 hours after the onset of the disease.

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[Results of surgical treatment of pancreatic carcinoma].

Experiences in pancreatic surgery revealed substantial mortality decrease in pancreatic resections and these procedure became treatment of the first choice for resectable pancreatic tumors in last ten years. Our results support this experience, we performed pancreatic resections in 51% of 155 patients we operated on in last five years, with mortality rate not exceeding 5%. Morbidity of pancreatic resections remains low in comparison with palliative procedures and resections provide better quality of life even in advanced disease. Together with adjuvant chemotherapy there is a possibility to offer an acceptable treatment for pancreatic tumors.

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[Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans--the need for a radical approach].

The authors present the case-history of a young patient with rapid growth of a relapsing skin tumor--dermamtofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP)--in the scar of a previous minor dermal excision. DFSP is a malignant skin tumour, frequently relapsing in the scar after excision, rarely metastasizing into lymph nodes and the lungs. The patient was treated by a major radical excision and a dermal flap plastic operation with subsequent adjuvant actinotherapy. With regard to possible relapses, the authors recommend long-term dispensarization of patients.

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