Vladislav Treska

..The aim of this study was to demonstrate the behaviour of malignancy in patients who have not undergone surgical therapy and to study serum levels of the monitored tumor markers in relation to the life expectancy of these patients...

..The issue of PVE is an insufficient growth of the liver parenchyma or a tumour progression in some patients. We evaluated the effect of the volume and the number of liver tumours on the effect of PVE...

..The aim of our study was to give a complex view on the diagnostic and treatment possibilities of these serious complications of reconstructive vascular surgery...

..The diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm has changed radically over the last couple of years. The authors present their experience with diagnosis and treatment of TAI at the University Hospital Trauma Centre...

..To find out whether the total tumor mass and post-ablation necrosis volume influence the disease-free survival of patients following radiofrequency ablation (RFA)...

..The aim of the study was to evaluate the single center experience with surgical treatment of NCLM...

..Without the possibility of further surgical treatment, most of these patients die within 1 year. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term results of repeated liver procedures for recurrent CRLM...

..We distinguish several forms of liver affection by tuberculosis. One of these is liver tuberculoma, the incidence of which is quite rare. The authors present a case of liver tuberculoma as an occupational disease...

..Neoplastic thromboses of the inferior vena cava occur in about 4-15% of patients with conventional, clear-cell renal carcinoma, and significantly increase intraoperative mortality and morbidity rates...

..It is usually localized in the region of the adrenal gland. Myelolipomas are mostly clinically inert, only a small number of them are associated with Cushing's type of endocrine disorders, Conn's syndrome, Addison's disease, etc...

..The aim of this study was to assess the authors' outcomes of surgical and termoablation therapy of non-colorectal liver metastases...

..To evaluate the single center experience in the treatment of patients with AAA...

..In case of positive cultivation bacteriological findings, extended (a minimum of 6 weeks) antibiotic therapy and regular, long-term patient follow-up with regular visits, are essential...

..Therefore, due to PVE, the number of primary operable patients is higher. Insufficient growth of the liver parenchyma or malignant progression remain the PVE cons...

..To assess the significance of preoperative tumor marker levels for disease free interval (DFI) and patient survival (PS) after liver surgery...

..The aim is to specify contemporary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures of liver injuries...

..The authors describe diagnostic and therapeutic options of hepatolithiasis, which is a rare disorder in our population...

..The aim of the study was to evaluate the results of the University Trauma Center, with consideration of the present diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities for liver injuries...

..The effect of radical resection in gallbladder cancer is still area of debate...

..9%. The authors recommend enucleation of the hemangioma, which is technically simple and safe. From a long-term perspective, radiointervention is frequently poorly effective, and, therefore, should be indicated in polymorbid patients...

..The aim of the experimental study was to demonstrate on an experimental model the possibilities of reduction of IRI by intravenous application of antioxidants or immunosuppressives to the recipient before the kidney transplantation...

..The authors discuss serious complications of the RFA, which have a frequency rate of 3% or less in major study groups, and of which the intraabdominal bleeding has the highest rate...

..Unfortunately, the Czech Republic rates of the colorectal carcinoma are the highest in the world. Surgical procedures for colorectal carcinoma liver metastases (JMKRK) are well established and have good long-term outcomes...

..The aim of this study was to demonstrate the reduction of IRI by intravenous application of antioxidants or immunosuppressives to the recipient before the kidney transplantation in an experimental model...

..This prospective non-randomized single center study evaluated the predictive significance of various factors to the treatment outcomes of the prosthetic vascular graft infections...

..This study sought to confirm the hypothesis that a combination of ischemic training and immunosuppression prior to renal harvest would maximize a transplanted kidney's resistance to ischemia-reperfusion injury...

..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the main factors of the 30-day mortality rate in patients operated on for rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA)...

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..This study evaluated the predictive value of serum biomarkers for liver hypertrophy and tumor progression after PVE...

..Liver surgery belongs to highly specialized interventions, which should be performed only in centers dealing with full-extent liver surgery...

..To evaluate the main factors of the 30 days mortality rate of patients operated on for abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture (RAAA...

..A means of modifying the inflammatory process in the wall of AAAs might play an important role in preventing aneurysm rupture...

..The augmentation of the antioxidative capacity of the preservation solution might be a possible route to improve the function of kidneys transplanted from NHBDs...

..The initial results of renal transplantation from NHBD are promising and the programme will be developed further...

..The postoperative course was uneventful and both patients could be discharged on the twenty-first day of hospitalisation for further care at home...

..Prediction of biological behaviour of these tumors is also problematic and depends on the histological picture, site, size and mitotic activity...

..To evaluate the role of crossover bypasses in the treatment of the lower extremity ischemia...

..Cystic abdominal lymphangioma is a rare disease in adults with difficult preoperative diagnosis. The surgical extirpation often completed with resection of involved organ is the method of choice in the treatment of this rare disease...

..Pre-treatment of marginal donors with these immunosuppressants may improve the immediate function of transplanted kidneys by reducing cytokine production...

..The augmentation of the anti-oxidant capacity of the preservation solution might represent a possible improvement in the function of kidneys transplanted from NHBDs...

..Proinflammatory cytokines are important mediators of inflammation within the abdominal aortic wall...

..It is distributed worldwide. Liver is the main organ affected by Toxocara infection, typically with multiple eosinophilic infiltrates. Liver abscess formation is a very rare condition...

..Generally, tumor markers are of significance in patient postoperative monitoring for the disease recurrence. The aim of this study is to assess the potential of tumor markers in predicting PVE outcomes...

..Moreover, valacyclovir has been shown to reduce the risk of acute rejection. Our study was designed to compare the efficacy and safety of oral ganciclovir and valacyclovir in the prophylaxis of CMV disease after renal transplantation...

..The aim of this basic pilot study was to accelerate regeneration of liver parenchyma after PVL. The experimental porcine model was developed to be as much compatible as possible with portal vein embolization (PVE) in human medicine...

..In conclusion, compared with valacyclovir prophylaxis, pre-emptive valganciclovir therapy may lead to less severe interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy and to significantly better graft survival...

..TGF-β1 is a pleiotropic cytokine that is over expressed in terminal phase of liver regeneration...

..Persistence of the virus within the allograft could stimulate the alloimmune response. The aim of our study was to evaluate intragraft CMV infection in patients randomized to the trial...

..To compare the efficacy, costs and safety of oral ganciclovir and valacyclovir in the prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in renal transplant (RTx) recipients at high risk of CMV disease...

..The aim of this study was to determine the impact of CMV viremia on subclinical rejection (SCR) and interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IF/TA) in protocol biopsy at 3 months after transplantation...

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..The authors evaluated the significance of various factors regarding the recurrence of colorectal liver metastases (CLM) after liver resection or radiofrequency ablation...

..Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease is a risk factor for allograft rejection in renal transplant (RTx) recipients. However, the role of asymptomatic CMV infection remains controversial...

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..Interuleukin-6 (IL-6) is a pleiotropic cytokine that is associated with an initial phase of liver regeneration. The aim of this study was to accelerate the regeneration of liver parenchyma after PVL by intraportal cytokine application...

..However, the application of PVE is limited and new strategies to augment liver regeneration by cellular therapy are promising alternatives...

..Underlying mechanisms probably include reduced oxidative stress with improved microcirculatory perfusion and restoration of cellular respiration...

..In our study, we tried to find the best AAA model in a pig by using various mechanical and enzymatic mechanisms...

..To obtain new insights into AAA pathogenesis, we examined the relationships between histopathology, multiplex in vitro immunoassay data, diameter and symptomatology...

..However, the problem of PVE is insufficient growth of the liver or tumor progression in some patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance of commonly available clinical factors for the result of PVE...

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..The aim of our study was to determine AAA wall distensibility and to compare it with distensibility of the "healthy" aorta of the same patient...

..The aim of our pilot study was to study serum levels of vitamin D in general population and in patients with different type of cancer...

..To be able to determine patients prone to early recurrence, the use of different markers with a better prognostic value than the routinely employed tumor markers is required...

..The authors present a statistical analysis of the dynamics of tumour markers and compare these with single serum levels in patients before and after liver surgery for colorectal liver metastases (CLM)...

..At different time intervals, pain intensity was related to different biochemical markers. We suggest that the described blood plasma changes might play an important role in pain assessment and pain management...

..Some authors support a role of the prothrombin G20210A mutation. In the reported patient, this mutation was revealed in a combination with other hypercoagulable states...

..Both are cost-effective and help reduce CMV-associated costs by some 40% compared with patients without prophylaxis...

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..The patients after resection of both--hepatic and pulmonary metastases have got a worse long-term survival than the patients being only after hepatic resections...

..With respect to their central location their surgical treatment belongs to more difficult performances carried out on the liver parenchyma. Long-term results after the surgical treatment are very good...

..The present groups indicate that mortality of resection therapy sharply increased in relation to circulation instability of the patients in cases of ruptured aneurysm, but nor in relation to age of the patients...

..This clinical entity must be kept in mind as the possible cause of non-specific abdominal pain in adulthood. If a malignancy is suspected, then the rules of oncological surgery should be followed...

..Splenic resection with the use of the radiofrequency needle could be performed safely and easily without complications. We use radiofrequency coagulation routinely in cases of blunt trauma of the spleen and liver...

..All the procedures were performed under locoregional anesthesia. The 30-day mortality rate was 1% (9 subjects) of all the procedures...

..Primary aortoenteric fistula has a fatal outcome unless it is diagnosed accurately and urgently treated by surgical intervention. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography is the primary imaging modality to specify the diagnosis...

..5 days on average. We had to perform the procedure repeatedly in 30% of cases. The chemo-embolization was done on inoperable liver metastases of colorectal carcinoma and on inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma (Tab. 1, Fig. 2, Ref. 5)...

..On four cases of the vascular reconstructions infections in the aortofemoral region which have been managed in the Surgical Clinic in Plzen in last two years, they demonstrate severity of the above conditions...

..The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic capabilities of tumor markers in pleural effusion and their importance for assessment of the etiology of pleural effusions...

..The "open lung concept" theory of mechanical ventilation is correct, but an unsuitable setting of the machine is not appropriate in children...

..Individual types of aneurysms are presented according to their pathogenesis. Furthermore, the diagnostic options, indication criteria and treatment options are discussed...

..The authors present a case of an abdominal aortic aneurysm rupturing into the inferior vena cava in a 72-year-old male, which was successfully managed using surgical resection...

..The authors evaluate the cohort of patients, that underwent PVE and confront them with the cohort of patients that underwent liver resection without PVE...

..The aim of the study was to evaluate the degree of ischemia reperfusion syndrome (IRS) in serious ischemic insult of a kidney transplant and to try to mitigate the production of reactive oxygen substances (ROS) and inflammatory response...

..In one case, the procedure was urgent due to acute ischemia of an extremity. The other two procedures were planned procedures. The outcome of the three procedures was successful and no treatment complications were recorded...

..In this work, we performed retrospective study concerning diagnostic problems of this disease with the use of imaging techniques...

..We examined the outcome of patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm and analysed factors that were responsible for the mortality...

..The authors present contemporary overview of the prognostic factors of early CLM recurrence and their possible use in prognostic scoring systems. These could be very helpful in clinical practice...

..More thorough follow up of patients with tendency to early recurrence of CLM helps to early diagnosis of relaps and it increases the posssibility of repeated liver surgery...

..Abdomen ultrasonography like helping method to clinic examination was performed in 313 patients, suspect of acute appendicitis was in 191 patients (61%), in remaining patients was normal ultrasound picture...

..Examination of tumour markers conducive to follow up of the patients with colorectal carcinoma...

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..The aim of this study is to point out some anatomical details on the course of the recurrent nerve (Ref 4)...

..The patient did not suffer from malignant disease before the transplantation. The origin of malignancy was probably ovarian tumor...

..Among these patients there was 0% mortality and 6.9% morbidity...

..This was shown by angiography as a hypervascularized and strongly stained expanding lesion. The authors conclude that the early surgical removal of this parathyroid gland adenoma was important for the patient's successful recovery...