Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) detects alterations in major prostate metabolites, such as citrate (Cit), creatine (Cr), and choline (Ch). We evaluated the sensitivity and accuracy of three-dimensional MRSI of prostate using an endorectal compared to an external phased array "receive" coil on a 3T MRI scanner. Eighteen patients with prostate cancer (PCa) who underwent endorectal...

The results of diagnosis and treatment of congenital anomalies of the colon in 107 children were examined. Twenty nine patients underwent surgical correction: 24 intra-resection of the colon by Rehbein and 5 abdominoperineal rectoplasty by Soave-Lenushkin and Soave-Boley. In extending of colon in combination with megarectum the preference is given to Soave operation and its modifications. N. ER...

Background: Perianal fistula is a complicated disorder and most difficult to manage. New treatment methods would help surgeons to achieve a better outcome in patients with perianal fistula. Human amniotic membrane (HAM) has positive effects on wound healing in several conditions. The present study aimed to further determine the effect of HAM on wound healing of perianal fistula in rabbits.Metho...

In the treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer, preoperative chemoradiotherapy improved the rate of local recurrence after surgery and anal sphincter preservation [1]. Because it resulted in down-staging of tumors and changes of histologic characteristics, it is now regarded as the standard treatment in the patients with stages II-III advanced rectal cancer [2]. Conventional preoperative ch...

PURPOSE A multivariate analysis is used to determine the predictive value of pretreatment clinical indicators on pathologic features associated with local failure after radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS A retrospective review of the pathologic findings of 235 patients with adenocarcinoma of the prostate treated between 1990 and 1993 with a radical r...

PURPOSE To assess the accuracy of endorectal 3 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting extracapsular extension (ECE) and seminal vesicle invasion (SVI) of prostate cancer (PCa). MATERIALS AND METHODS 38 consecutive patients with biopsy-proven PCa underwent multiparametric endorectal MRI at 3 T prior to prostatectomy. Two readers (A with nine years of experience and B with four) used e...

Purpose. This paper intends to expose and discuss the technical aspects of the transanal endorectal rectosigmoidian resection in children. Colic resection and coloanal anastomosis technique may be performed by totally endoanal or combined endoanal and laparoscopic approach for the mobilization and devascularization of the colon. Both techniques have, as a common surgical stage, the suprasphinct...

OBJECTIVES To summarize the efficacy of the laparoscopic-assisted transanal-endorectal pull-through procedure for Hirschsprung's disease (HD). METHODS Between May 2006 and May 2013, 22 children with HD undergoing laparoscopic-assisted endorectal pull-through procedures were retrospectively analyzed. The operative time, pathology, intraoperative blood loss, recovery time for gastrointestinal f...

AIM Anastomotic leakage is a feared complication of colorectal surgery and can be devastating in low pelvic anastomosis. With the advent of nonoperative treatments for leakage, the question of management of persistent low colorectal and coloanal anastomosis arises. A review of patients who have undergone transanal repair of anastomotic leakage is presented. METHOD A review of all anastomoses ...