Advances in Abdominal Surgery 2002

1 In vitro antimicrobial activities of ?-lactams, aminoglycosides, quinolones, glycopeptides and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria isolated from patients with intraabdominal infections.- 2 Infected necrosis and pancreatic abscess.- 3 Effects of IL-2 immunomodulation on infectious complications in colorectal surgery.- 4 Evaluation of renal tubular damage in rats with biliary obstruction.- 5 The evolutionary pattern of primary sclerosing cholangitis: from a benign to severe disease.- 6 Multidisciplinary management of liver metastases from colorectal cancer.- 7 Morbidity and survival in liver resection for colorectal metastases.- 8 Hepatic metastases from non colorectal cancer: which ones should be resected?.- 9 Radiochemotherapy of liver metastases from breast cancer: review of literature and personal experience.- 10 Carcinoma of the papilla of vater: prognostic and therapeutic considerations.- 11 Splenectomy in haematological patients.- 12 Ischemic colitis: an attempt to define the spectrum of disease.- 13 Advances in molecular genetics and clinical implications of sporadic colorectal cancer.- 14 Analyses of the prognostic factors in colorectal cancer. preliminary results of a possible new prognostic factor: mesenteric and antimesenteric tumor location.- 15 Different role of the colonic pouch after low anterior resection or coloanal anastomosis.- 16 Primary anorectal reconstruction after abdominoperineal excision by coloperineal pull-through and electrically stimulated graciloplasty: efficiency and limitations of a hard-to-catch-on procedure.- 17 Local recurrence after resection of colorectal cancer.- 18 Multimodal treatment for peritoneal carcinomatosis of digestive origin.- 19 Anatomical and physiological bases of fecalcontinence.- 20 Electrostimulated graciloplasty for faecal incontinence treatment.- 21 Restoration of anal continence with the artificial bowel sphincter (abs acticon ™).- 22 Mini-laparotomy: a suitable minimally invasive technique for cholecystectomy.- 23 Minimally invasive surgery for the treatment of function diseases of the gastroesophageal junction.- 24 Laparoscopic management of pancreatic tumors.- 25 Minimally invasive surgery for the treatment of rectal tumors: 10 years experience.- 26 Pancreas procurement from cadaveric donors of multiple grafts.- 27 Replacement therapy in acute liver failure.- Color Plates.- Author index.