简介：Necrotizingpancreatitisisanuncommonyetseriouscomplicationofacutepancreatitiswithmortalityratesreportedupto15%thatreach30%incaseofinfection.Traditionallyopensurgicaldebridementwastheonlytoolinourdisposaltomanagethisseriousclinicalentity.Thisapproachishoweverassociatedwithpooroutcomes.Managementhasnowshiftedawayfromopensurgicaldebridementtoamoreconservativemanagementandminimallyinvasiveapproaches.Contemporaryapproachtopatientswithnecrotizingpancreatitisand/orinfectiouspancreatitisissummarizedinthe3Ds:Delay,DrainandDebride.Patientscanbemanagedintheintensivecareunitandanyinterventionshouldbedelayed.Percutaneousdrainagecanbeutilizedfirstandearlyinthecourseofthedisease,followedbyendoscopicdrainageorvideoassistedretroperitoneoscopicdrainageifnecrosectomyisdeemednecessary.Opensurgeryisnowlessfrequentlyperformedandshouldbereservedforcasesrefractorytoanyotherapproach.Themanagementofnecrotizingpancreatitisthereforerequiresamultidisciplinarydynamicmodelofapproachratherthanbeingasurgicaldisease.

简介：TherevisedAtlantaclassificationofacutepancreatitiswasadoptedbyinternationalconsensus,andisbasedonactuallocalandsystemicdeterminantsofdiseaseseverity.Thelocaldeterminantispancreaticnecrosis(sterileorinfected),andthesystemicdeterminantisorganfailure.Localcomplicationsofpancreatitiscanincludeacuteperi-pancreaticfluidcollection,acutenecroticcollection,pseudocystformation,andwalledoffnecrosis.Interventionalendoscopicultrasound(EUS)hasbeenincreasingutilizedinmanagingtheselocalcomplications.AfterperformingaPubMedsearch,theauthorsmanuallyappliedpre-definedinclusioncriteriaorafiltertoidentifypublicationsrelevanttoEUSandpancreaticcollections(PFCs).Theauthorsthenreviewedtheutility,efficacy,andrisksassociatedwithusingtherapeuticEUSandinvolvedEUSdevicesintreatingPFCs.Duetothedevelopmentandregulatoryapprovalofimprovedandnovelendoscopicdevicesspecificallydesignedfortransmuraldrainageoffluidandnecroticdebris(accessandpatencydevices),theauthorspredictcontinuingevolutioninthemanagementofPFCs.WebelievethatEUSwillbecomeanindispensablepartofproceduresusedtodiagnosePFCsandperformimage-guidedinterventions.AfterdrainingaPFC,theamountoftissuenecrosisisthemostimportantpredictorofasuccessfuloutcome.Hence,itseemslogicaltoclassifythesecollectionsbasedontheirpercentageofnecroticcomponentordebrispresentwhenviewedbyimagingmethodsorEUS.Finally,theauthorsproposeanalgorithmformanagingfluidcollectionsbasedontheirsize,location,associatedsymptoms,internalechogenicpatterns,andcontent.

简介：Chronicpancreatitisisanongoingdiseasecharacterizedbypersistentinflammationofpancreatictissues.Withdiseaseprogression,patientswithchronicpancreatitismaydeveloptroublesomecomplicationsinadditiontoexocrineandendocrinepancreaticfunctionalloss.Amongthem,apseudoaneurysm,mainlyinducedbydigestiveenzymeerosionofvesselsinproximitytothepancreas,isarareandlife-threateningcomplicationifbleedingofthepseudoaneurysmoccurs.Atpresent,noprospectiverandomizedtrialshaveinvestigatedthetherapeuticstrategyforthisrarebutcriticalsituation.Theroleofarterialembolization,thetimingofsurgicalinterventionandevensurgicalproceduresarestillcontroversial.Inthisreview,wesuggestthatdynamicabdominalcomputedtomographyandangiographyshouldbeperformedfirsttolocalizethebleedersandtoevaluatetheassociatedcomplicationssuchaspseudocystformation,followedbyarterialembolizationtostopthebleedingandtoachieveearlystabilizationofthepatient’scondition.Withadvancesandimprovementsinendoscopicdevicesandtechniques,therapeuticendoscopyforpancreaticpseudocystsistechnicallyfeasible,safeandeffective.Surgicalinterventionisrecommendedforableedingpseudoaneurysminpatientswithchronicpancreatitiswhoareinanunstablecondition,forthoseinwhomarterialembolizationofthebleedingpseudoaneurysmfails,andwhenendoscopicmanagementofthepseudocystisunsuccessful.Ifableedingpseudoaneurysmislocatedoverthetailofthepancreas,resectionisapreferentialprocedure,whereasifthelesionissituatedovertheheadorbodyofthepancreas,relativelyconservativesurgicalproceduresarerecommended.

简介：外科与ulcerative(UC)与Crohn的疾病(CD)并且在约三分之一个个病人在绝大多数病人被要求。类似于为IBD的麦克匪特斯氏疗法，重要进展发生在外科。在CD的进展在由更有限的切除术，苛评发育，和laparoscopic切除术例示的保守主义之上包括一个重音。在选择病人的职业人员生命学的使用为UC与pouchitis追随者补药proctocolectomy在病人改进了结果。在IBD的分子的基础的进行中的发现将接着识别将最好对外科作出回应的那些病人，这被期望。

简介：TheTenthInternationalGastricCancerCongress(IGCC)washeldinVerona,Italy,fromJune19to22,2013.Themeetingenclosedvariousaspectsofstomachtumormanagement,includingbothtightlyclinicalapproaches,andtopicsmorerelatedtobasicresearch.Moreover,anoverviewongastrointestinalstromaltumorswasprovidedtoo,althoughherenotdiscussed.Herewewilldiscusssometopicsrelatedtomolecularbiologyofgastriccancer(GC),inherenttoprognostic,diagnosticandtherapeutictoolsshownattheconference.Resultsaboutwellknownsubjects,suchasE-cadherinlossofexpression/function,werepresented.Theyrevealedthatothermutationsofthegenewereidentified,showingacontinuousresearchtoimprovediagnosisandprognosisofstomachtumor.Simultaneously,newpossiblemolecularmarkerswithanestablishedroleforotherneoplasms,werediscussed,suchasmesothelin,stomatin-likeprotein2andNotch-1.Hence,awideoverviewincludingbotholdandnewdiagnostic/prognostictoolswasoffered.GreatattentionwasalsodedicatedtopossibledrugstobeusedagainstGC.Theyincludedmonoclonalantibodies,suchasMS57-2.1,drugsusedinotherpathologies,suchasmaraviroc,andnaturalextractsfromplantssuchasbiflorin.WewouldliketocontributetosummarizethemostimpressivestudiespresentedattheIGCC,concerningnovelfindingsaboutmolecularbiologyofgastriccancer.Althoughfurtherinvestigationswillbenecessary,itcanbeinferredthatmoreandmoretoolsweredeveloped,soastobetterfacestomachneoplasms.