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Wiegering A, Endter F, Wiegering VA, Germer CT, Maroske J. Bowl obstruction due to an incomplete obliterated omphalomesenteric duct. Klin Padiatr 2014; 226:80-1. [PMID: 24554589 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1366988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- A Wiegering
- Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Paediatric Surgery, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of General Surgery, Hospital Rothenburg o.d.Tauber, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Paediatric Surgery, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of General Surgery, Hospital Rothenburg o.d.Tauber, Germany
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Sterkenburg AS, Gebhardt U, Hoffmann A, Maroske J, Hanisch E, Müller HL. No long-term weight reduction after gastric banding (LAGB) in obese patients with craniopharyngioma involving hypothalamic structures – Experiences from KRANIOPHARYNGEOM 2000. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2012. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1330101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Hankinson T, Fields E, Handler M, Foreman N, Liu A, Muller HL, Gebhardt U, Warmuth-Metz M, Kortmann RD, Faldum A, Pietsch T, Sorensen N, Calaminus G, Muller HL, Gebhardt U, Maroske J, Hanisch E, Muller HL, Gebhardt U, Pohl F, Kortmann RD, Faldum A, Warmuth-Metz M, Pietsch T, Calaminus G, Sorensen N, Muller HL, Enriori PJ, Gebhardt U, Hinney A, Hebebrandt J, Reinehr T, Cowley M, Roth C, Rosenfeld A, Arrington D, Etzl M, Miller J, Gieseking A, Dvorchik I, Kaplan A, Jakacki R, Yeung J, Panigrahy A, Pollack I, Mallucci C, Pizer B, Didi M, Blair J, Upadrasta S, Doss A, Avula S, Pettorini B, Alapetite C, Puget S, Ruffier A, Habrand JL, Bolle S, Noel G, Nauraye C, De Marzy L, Boddaert N, Brisse H, Sainte-Rose C, Zerah M, Boetto S, Laffond C, Chevignard M, Grill J, Doz F, Jalali R, Gupta T, Goswami S, Shah N, Golambade N, Ikazoboh EC, Dattani M, Spoudeas H, Confer M, McNall-Knapp R, Krishnan S, Gross N, Keole S, Ormandy D, Alston R, Kamaly-Asl I, Gattamaneni R, Birch J, Estlin E, Kiehna E, Laws E, Oldfield E, Jane J. CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA. Neuro Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nos097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Müller H, Gebhardt U, Maroske J, Hanisch E. Long-Term Follow-Up of Morbidly Obese Patients with Childhood Craniopharyngioma after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB). Klin Padiatr 2011; 223:372-3. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1284420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Müller HL, Gebhardt U, Wessel V, Schröder S, Kolb R, Sörensen N, Maroske J, Hanisch E. First experiences with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) in the treatment of patients with childhood craniopharyngioma and morbid obesity. Klin Padiatr 2008; 219:323-5. [PMID: 18050042 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-985848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Craniopharyngiomas are embryogenic malformations which lead to eating disorders and morbid obesity due to hypothalamic involvement in about 50% of all patients with pediatric craniopharyngioma. The experience with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) in obese craniopharyngioma patients is limited. We are reporting on four patients with childhood craniopharyngioma diagnosed at age 2, 11, 12, and 21 years. BMI-SDS at diagnosis was +0.9, +4.5, +4.7 and -0.1 SD. During follow-up, all patients developed morbid obesity (BMI-SDS: +13.9, +10.3, +11.4, +7.3) so that 11, 6, 9 and 3 years after diagnosis LAGB were performed. After a follow-up of 4.5, 1.5, 3.0 and 2.5 years BMI decreased or stabilized continuously in all patients (BMI-SDS at latest visit: +9.9, +9.7, +9.5, +5.9 SD). The eating behavior changed in all patients profoundly. The addiction to food and especially sweets significantly improved based on self-assessment. In two patients a dislocation of the LAGB occurred and resulted in weight gain. We conclude that LAGB could be effective in weight reduction of obese craniopharyngioma patients with hypothalamic syndrome. Close follow-up is necessary in order to analyze long-term effects and complications of LAGB in patients with childhood craniopharyngioma and morbid obesity.
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- H L Müller
- Department of Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology, Zentrum für Kinder-und Jugendmedizin, Klinikum Oldenburg gGmbH, Germany.
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BACKGROUND Bile in the oesophagus occurs frequently in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) and has been linked to Barrett's metaplasia and cancer. Although duodenogastric reflux is a prerequisite for bile in the oesophagus, little is known about its importance in GORD. METHODS Some 341 patients with GORD were assessed by simultaneous 24-h gastric and oesophageal bilirubin monitoring. Definitions of increased bilirubin exposure were based on the 95th percentiles in healthy volunteers. The relationship between gastric and oesophageal bilirubin exposure and the correlation with disease severity were analysed. RESULTS Of the 341 patients with GORD, 130 (38.1 per cent) had increased gastric and 173 (50.7 per cent) had increased oesophageal bilirubin exposure. Of the 173 patients with bile in the oesophagus, 89 (51.4 per cent) had normal and 84 (48.6 per cent) had increased gastric bilirubin exposure. Of these 84 patients, 75 (89 per cent) had oesophagitis or Barrett's oesophagus (P = 0.003). These effects were mainly related to differences in supine reflux. CONCLUSION Bile in the oesophagus originates from either normal or increased gastric bilirubin exposure. Patients with increased duodenogastric reflux are more likely to have oesophagitis or Barrett's oesophagus. These findings highlight the role of duodenogastric reflux as an additional factor in the pathogenesis of GORD.
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- M Fein
- Department of Surgery, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
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Wurmb T, Frühwald P, Brederlau J, Maroske J, Schindler G, Roewer N. [Management of seriously injured patients without conventional radiography? Does a whole body MSCT scanner replace the conventional X-ray unit in the emergency room?]. Anaesthesist 2006; 55:17-25. [PMID: 16172851 DOI: 10.1007/s00101-005-0916-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND [corrected] In the Wuerzburg University level one trauma centre, mobile whole-body multislice computed tomography (MSCT) is used as the primary diagnostic tool in multiple trauma patients. A conventional X-ray unit is not available directly in the resuscitation room of the trauma suite. Three cases are reported to discuss whether state-of-the-art trauma management can be done without conventional radiography. METHODS In each of the three cases reported here, an emergency situation has occurred in which the emergency diagnosis of the chest with the CT-scan was found to be difficult or impossible. These specific situations are described and discussed for each case and a conclusion is given at the end of this paper. RESULTS Three scenarios were identified in which conventional radiological diagnostics seemed to be necessary in the emergency room despite the availability of the MSCT. One is the patient undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the second is the patient that deteriorates after CT-diagnostic is completed and the third is technical problems with the CT-scanner. CONCLUSION Whole-body MSCT is not sufficient as the sole diagnostic tool in hemodynamically instable trauma patients requiring resuscitation and needs to be complemented by a conventional x-ray unit for emergency diagnosis of the chest.
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- T Wurmb
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie, Universität, Würzburg.
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Maroske J, Sailer M, Thiede A. [Anastomotic fistula. Complication caused by surgery]. Rozhl Chir 2005; 84:511-6; discussion 516. [PMID: 16259521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Chronic anastomotic fistula are an expression of a complication after anastomoses caused by surgery. The cause of this is diverse and reaches from incorrect seam technology, over factors of the comorbidity up to the fateful process. All regions from the esophagus to the rectum and, in addition, the biliary and pancreatic ducts can be affected. To evaluate the general problem localization diagnostics are necessary, whereby different endoscopic, radiological and combining techniques are being applied. The treatment of fistulas contains therapies of conservative, conservatively medicamentous over the intervention in endoscopic management up to the surgical treatment. In most cases the treatment of anastomotic fistula require an individual patient-fair therapy; exceptions are the pancreatic fistula.
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- J Maroske
- Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik der Universität Würzburg, BRD.
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Wurmb T, Frühwald P, Brederlau J, Steinhübel B, Frommer M, Kuhnigk H, Kredel M, Knüpffer J, Hopfner W, Maroske J, Moll R, Wagner R, Thiede A, Schindler G, Roewer N. Der Würzburger Schockraumalgorithmus. Anaesthesist 2005; 54:763-8; 770-2. [PMID: 15959743 DOI: 10.1007/s00101-005-0850-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to show the practicability of a new algorithm in the management of polytraumatized patients based on Advanced Trauma Live Support (ATLS) and using mobile whole body multislice CT (MMDCT) as the primary imaging system. PATIENTS AND METHODS A series of 120 trauma patients referred to the Würzburg University Hospital Trauma Emergency Room were categorized into suspected polytrauma and suspected non-polytrauma groups. The polytraumatized patients were investigated using the Würzburg polytrauma-algorithm including whole body multislice CT with a 16-row-scanner. The algorithm is described. The time for the diagnostic procedure was measured and compared with data from the Trauma Registry of the German Society of Trauma Surgery. RESULTS From 120 patients 78 (66%) underwent whole body CT. The diagnostic procedure was quick with significant advantages especially for cranial and trunk diagnostics. CONCLUSION The Würzburg polytrauma algorithm worked well. There was excellent cooperation within the interdisciplinary leading team consisting of anaesthesiologists, surgeons, and radiologists. The principles of ATLS could be respected. Mobile whole body multislice CT was an effective tool in the diagnostic evaluation of polytrauma patients.
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- T Wurmb
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie, Universität Würzburg.
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Fuchs KH, Breithaupt W, Fein M, Maroske J, Hammer I. Laparoscopic Nissen repair: indications, techniques and long-term benefits. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2004; 390:197-202. [PMID: 15235916 DOI: 10.1007/s00423-004-0489-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2004] [Accepted: 02/18/2004] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Nissen fundoplication or total 360 degrees fundoplication is probably the most frequently used anti-reflux procedure throughout the world. With the advent of laparoscopic surgery the popularity among surgeons to perform a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication has even increased. AIM The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the experience of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication over the past 15 years. METHOD We performed an extensive review of the literature in order to ascertain the representative papers. In addition, available consensus papers, especially with regard to indication and technique, were assessed. Indication for a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication should depend on documentation of the presence of disease as well as objective testing of the functional disorders and the complications. The technique of Nissen fundoplication is discussed controversially. Consensus exists with regard to floppiness of the wrap, necessary closure of the crurae and the use of a calibration method during the performance of the wrap. RESULTS The laparoscopic technique creates a learning curve, which needs to be respected. Large prospective series in recent years have shown a complication rate between 5% and 10%, depending on the definition of the complication. In these last prospective series good and excellent results have been reported, of between 85% and 95%. Reflux recurrence is reported as between 1% and 8.5%, with a concomitant dysphagia rate of 0%-10%. CONCLUSIONS The Nissen fundoplication is currently performed throughout the world, most frequently in a minimally invasive technique. Several randomized trials that have been performed in the past years document that the Nissen fundoplication is an effective procedure for the treatment of pathological gastro-oesophageal reflux disease when a critical indication is used for well-defined patients.
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- K H Fuchs
- Klinik für Visceral-, Gefäss-, und Thoraxchirurgie, Markus-Krankenhaus, Frankfurter Diakonie-Kliniken, Wilhelm-Epstein-Strasse 2, 60431, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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BACKGROUND & AIM Duodeno-gastro-esophageal reflux (DGER) as measured with bilirubin monitoring is observed in many patients with reflux disease especially in Barrett's esophagus. As acid suppression is an effective therapy of reflux disease, DGER is frequently just considered as a bystander of acid reflux. To define the importance of DGER, reflux of duodenal contents was evaluated by bilirubin monitoring in the stomach. METHODS 100 patients with reflux disease were evaluated (62 m, 38 f, 50 (12) years). 26 patients had Barrett's esophagus, 57 had esophagitis and 17 non- erosive reflux disease (pH pos.). All patients were evaluated with simultaneous 24-hour bilirubin monitoring in the esophagus and stomach. Results were compared to 35 measurements of healthy volunteers in the esophagus and 41 measurements in the stomach. RESULTS Normal values: DGER - Exposure time esophagus > 11.8 % using an absorbance value > 0.14, duodenogastric reflux (DGR) - Exposure time stomach >24.8 % using an absorbance value > 0.25. 56 % of the patients had DGER, 41 % had DGR. 29 of the 41 patients with DGR had DGER (71 %), while 27 of the 56 patients with DGER had physiologic duodenogastric reflux (48 %). DISCUSSION About 30 % of the patients with reflux disease show DGER combined with excessive DGR. Therefore, DGER is not just a bystander of acid reflux. The excessive DGR in some patients adds additional potentially dangerous substances to the esophageal reflux.
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- M Fein
- Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Würzburg.
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Fuchs KH, Maroske J, Tigges H, Fein M. Chirurgische Konzepte zu Prävention und Therapie von Präkanzerosen und Frühkarzinomen des Ösophagus. Visc Med 2002. [DOI: 10.1159/000064166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Freys SM, Fuchs KH, Fein M, Maroske J, Thiede A. How long should a long-term esophageal motility study be? Dig Dis Sci 2001; 46:1186-93. [PMID: 11414292 DOI: 10.1023/a:1010694725096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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It was the aim of this study to analyze whether a shorter measuring period would render the same diagnostic information on esophageal motility as a circadian measuring period in ambulatory esophageal manometry. In an investigation on normal volunteers (n = 10), patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease without esophageal motility disorders (n = 13), and patients with esophageal motility disorders (n = 14), a comparison was performed between a 5-hr and a 24-hr motility study. An analysis was performed on inter- and intraindividual reproducibility of time periods, prandial phases, and motility sequences (Wilcoxon and Spearman test). There was no significant difference between the two analyzed measuring periods in all three groups with regard to the diagnostic information on esophageal motility in 44 of 45 comparisons for intraindividual variability. A measuring period restricted to 5 hr offers the same diagnostic information on esophageal peristaltic activity as a 24-hr motility study.
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- S M Freys
- Department of Surgery, University of Würzburg, Germany
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Tigges H, Fuchs KH, Maroske J, Fein M, Freys SM, Müller J, Thiede A. Combination of endoscopic argon plasma coagulation and antireflux surgery for treatment of Barrett's esophagus. J Gastrointest Surg 2001; 5:251-9. [PMID: 11360048 DOI: 10.1016/s1091-255x(01)80045-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Columnar-lined epithelium with specialized intestinal metaplasia of the esophagus (i.e., Barrett's esophagus) is a premalignant condition caused by chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease. Progression of intestinal metaplasia may be avoided by antireflux surgery, whereas regeneration of esophageal mucosa could be achieved by endoscopic argon plasma coagulation (EAPC). The aim of this prospective study was to show the early results of a combination of EAPC and antireflux surgery. Thirty patients with Barrett's esophagus were treated between August 1996 and December 1999. Regeneration of esophageal mucosa was achieved with several sessions of EAPC under general anesthesia. All patients were receiving a double dose of proton pump inhibitors. Endoscopic follow-up was performed 6 to 8 weeks after the last session. Antireflux surgery (Nissen [n = 26] or Toupet [n = 4] fundoplication) followed complete regeneration of the squamous epithelium in the esophagus. One year after laparoscopic fundoplication and EAPC follow-up with endoscopy and quadrant biopsies of the esophagus, 24-hour pH monitoring and esophageal manometry were performed. All 30 patients showed complete regeneration of the squamous epithelium after a median of two sessions (range 1 to 7) of EAPC. Twenty-two patients underwent 1-year follow-up studies. All showed endoscopically an intact fundic wrap. Recurrence of a 1 cm segment of Barrett's epithelium without dysplasia was present in two patients, both of whom had recurrent acid reflux due to failure of their antireflux procedure. Our results indicate that the combination of EAPC and antireflux surgery is an effective treatment option in patients with Barrett's esophagus with gastroesophageal reflux disease. Long-term follow-up of this therapy is necessary to evaluate its effect on cancer risk in Barrett's esophagus.
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- University of Wuerzburg, Germany
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Freys S, Maroske J, Fein M, Varga G, Fuchs KH, Thiede A. Technik und Langzeitergebnisse der laparoskopischen Fundoplicatio nach Nissen. Visc Med 2001. [DOI: 10.1159/000049541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is the autosomal dominant deficiency of C1-esterase inhibitor. There have hitherto been no reports on the US appearances of HAE. The unique case of a 12-year-old girl with recurrent abdominal pain is reported, in whom HAE was diagnosed by US and family history of paroxysmal dyspnoea, cutaneous swelling and attacks of abdominal pain. Pertinent US features were intestinal oedema and ascites. Sonographic evidence of intestinal swelling was only seen on the initial day of an episode of abdominal pain. Oedema, as demonstrated by MRI the following day, regressed rapidly, whereas ascites persisted for at least 3 days. It is therefore important to perform imaging in the acute phase to demonstrate the massive intestinal oedema, which is characteristic for the disease.
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- H P Dinkel
- Department of Radiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Maroske J, Gassel HJ, Navarro-Peredes E, Ziegler U, Thiede A. [Sweat gland carcinoma in the axillary area. A case report and review of the literature]. Chirurg 2001; 72:190-2. [PMID: 11253681 DOI: 10.1007/s001040051291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The sweat gland carcinoma is a rare tumor, representing in approximately 1% of primary skin lesions. In the literature 220 cases of sweat gland carcinomas have been presented over the last three decades. The medium age is 57 years, with an equal male-to-female distribution. Topographically, the tumor is located at the lower limbs (32.9%), the upper extremities (28%), and the head (26%). Involvement of the trunk is rare. Diagnosis can be complicated as the carcinoma is a rare entity, with no correlation of its histologic classification and biologic presentation. This can only implicate the difficulties in treatment.
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- J Maroske
- Chirurgische Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik, Würzburg
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Valiati W, Fuchs KH, Valiati L, Freys SM, Fein M, Maroske J, Tigges H, Thiede A. Laparoscopic fundoplication--short- and long-term outcome. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2000; 385:324-8. [PMID: 11026703 DOI: 10.1007/s004230000159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease is probably the most frequently occurring benign functional disorder in the Western industrial countries. With the increasing popularity of laparoscopic anti-reflux procedures, issues on the appropriate technique have been revitalized. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the short- and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic fundoplication and reflect on the perspective of an increasing frequency of performed operations. The data sampling is based on a literature review and a questionnaire. It can be summarized that reflux recurrence due to breakdown of the wrap or herniation of the wrap can also develop in later years after the primary surgery and amount up to 8%. Persistent dysphagia is a severe problem in the first post-operative year, but usually decreases with time and is limited to rates of 3-5% on the long-term follow-up. Other functional problems, such as gasbloat, meteorism and epigastric pain--the cause often cannot be further detected or specified--limit the quality of life of patients after laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery in the long-term follow-up in up to 5% of cases. Side effects of laparoscopic antireflux procedures can be limited to 5 to 10%, but not totally avoided.
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- W Valiati
- Department of Surgery, University of Würzburg, Germany
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Duodenogastric reflux has long been associated with various diseases of the foregut. Even though bile is often used as a marker, duodenogastric reflux consists of other components such as pancreatic juice and duodenal secretions. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of duodenogastric reflux, its components, and the variability of its composition in normal subjects. Twenty healthy volunteers (7 men and 13 women) whose median age was 24 years underwent combined 24-hour bilirubin and gastric pH monitoring and intraluminal gastric aspiration. All probes were placed at 5 cm below the lower border of the lower esophageal sphincter. Aspiration was performed hourly and at any time when bilirubin and/or pH monitoring showed signs of duodenogastric reflux. Elastase and amylase were measured in the aspirate. All volunteers had episodes of physiologic duodenogastric reflux. A total of 70 episodes of duodenogastric reflux were registered with a median of three episodes (range 1 to 8) per subject. Most bile reflux occurred separately from pancreatic enzyme reflux. Pancreatic enzyme aspirate was significantly more often associated with a rise in pH in comparison to bile reflux (P <0.01). Duodenogastric reflux is a physiologic event with varying composition. Both bile and pancreatic enzyme reflux frequently occur separately. These findings could explain the disagreement regarding assessment and interpretation of duodenogastric reflux in the past. Thus monitoring of duodenogastric reflux requires more than the detection of just one component.
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- K H Fuchs
- Chirurgische Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik, Würzburg, Germany
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Fuchs KH, Debus E, Heimbucher J, Maroske J. Anastomosierungs- und Nahttechnik in der rekonstruktiven Ösophaguschirurgie. Visc Med 1999. [DOI: 10.1159/000012511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Fuchs KH, Fein M, Maroske J, Heimbucher J, Freys SM. The role of 24-hr gastric pH-monitoring in the interpretation of 24-hr gastric bile monitoring for duodenogastric reflux. Hepatogastroenterology 1999; 46:60-5. [PMID: 10228766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Duodenogastric reflux is a physiologic phenomenon. For a number of years, alkalinization of the acidic intragastric pH environment, as assessed by 24-hour gastric pH-monitoring, was thought to be caused by duodenogastric reflux. The recent introduction of the fotooptic Bilitec system for intraluminal bilirubin measurement has created the possibility to directly quantify a component of duodenal juice. METHODOLOGY In this study, 24-hour gastric pH-monitoring and 24-hour bilirubin monitoring were performed in healthy subjects. The upper limits for physiologic bile reflux are the percentage of total time of bile reflux of 28.2% and an average absorbance during a reflux episode of 0.62 (95th percentile with threshold 0.25). RESULTS Comparing bile with pH-monitoring (absorbance > 0.25 and/or pH > 4), an increase of bilirubin was found most frequently with constant pH (43%) or an increase of pH with constant bilirubin (37%). CONCLUSIONS The hypothesis was drawn that the composition of duodenogastric refluxate can vary. Bile and pancreatic juice may separately contribute to duodenogastric reflux.
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- K H Fuchs
- Chirurgische Universitatsklinik und Poliklinik, Wurzburg
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