Zentralblatt für Chirurgie
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Even though intraoperative fluid management during major intraabdominal surgery has frequently been addressed in the past, there is a lack of evidence-based recommendations. This report elucidates the topic from the surgeon's view. For the surgeon, the influence of larger fluid amounts on wound and anastomotic healing, bleeding complications and postoperative outcome (time of extubation, postoperative gastrointestinal function, hospital stay, etc.) is of interest. ⋯ The average intraoperatively infused fluid amount was 13.9 +/- 0.9 mL / kg / h. Catecholamines were administered in 74 % of all operations, while noradrenaline was used in 54 % of all cases. Although other factors might play a role in this setting, we can deduce from these data that application of a volume of 10-15 mL / kg / h has no negative influence on the outcome following pancreas resections and that the intraoperative fluid therapy should be targeted at these values.
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Sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) is an effective and less invasive treatment of faecal incontinence (FI). Patient selection has evolved from strict criteria to a more liberal approach, since temporary testing reliably predicts the efficacy of permanent stimulation in FI of various aetiologies. ⋯ SNS is a minimally invasive and effective treatment of FI. A pragmatic approach is justified due to the possibility of temporary testing and the low rate of complications.
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Comparative Study
[Influenceable surgical and anesthesiological risk factors for the development of cardiac and pulmonary complications in laparoscopic surgery of the colon].
Due to the demographic shift in the age structure of the population, increasingly older, multimorbid patients are operated who have a substantially higher risk for the occurrence of intra- and postoperative complications. Apart from the identification of patient-referred, hardly influenceable risk factors, influenceable intraoperative surgical and anesthesiological risk factors have hardly ever been examined. The aim of this investigation was therefore to identify influenceable risk factors for the development of post-operative morbidity. ⋯ Factors such as overweight, ASA classification or urgency cannot be changed. Surgical factors such as a standardisation of the operation technique with reduction of the operating time and careful staunching of bleeding can help to reduce postoperative complications. Anesthesiologists can also help by avoiding a change of the anesthesiologist as well as by preference of specialists in patients with higher ASA stages and in emergency cases.
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Comparative Study
[Lay assessment of health care services using therapy for rectal cancer as an example].
Multimodal treatment strategies make the assessment of health care services very difficult even for experts and almost impossible for lay persons. The aim of this project was to present complex data from scientific publications in a simplified way so that all essential information is preserved, but still assessable by lay persons and to compare their assessments with the recommendations of experts. ⋯ Complex scientific results can be prepared in such a way that their assessment by lay persons is feasible. Lay persons orientate their assessment according to the outcomes, while the recommendations of the guidelines are more directed by the outputs. These different viewpoints should be taken more into consideration for the development of guidelines than they are now.