Abdomen/surgery* ; Humans ; Laparoscopy/methods* ; Pelvic Floor/surgery* ; Perineum/surgery* ; Proctectomy ; Rectal Neoplasms/surgery*

Open abdomen therapy is an effective treatment to deal with severe abdominal infections, abdominal hypertension and other critical abdominal diseases. However, this therapy is difficult to implement and has many uncertainties in the timing, manners, and follow-up treatment, which leads to the fact that open abdomen therapy is not very accessible and standardized in medical systems of China. This consensus aims to provide guiding principles for indications and implementation of open abdomen, classification methods of open abdomen wounds, technologies for abdominal closure, and management of enteroatmospheric fistula, so as to improve the accessibility and success rate of open abdomen in China.
Humans ; Abdomen/surgery* ; Consensus ; Intestinal Fistula/therapy* ; Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy ; Open Abdomen Techniques

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is an uncommon, locally aggressive fibroblastic tumor, characterized by infrequent metastasis and a marked tendency of local recurrence after excision. Histologically, it shows large uniformed spindle shaped cells arranged in a cartwheel or storiform pattern. We report a case of dermatoribrosarcoma protuberans on the lower abdomen of a man aged of thirty, treated with Mohs micrographic surgery and purse-string suture repair.
Abdomen ; Dermatofibrosarcoma* ; Fibroblasts ; Mohs Surgery* ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Recurrence ; Sutures*

Abdominoperineal excision (APE) procedure is still the main approach to low rectal cancer patients with short distance from the anal verge, obvious invasion of adjacent organs and narrow pelvis. Although the principle of TME (total mesorectal excision) needs to be obeyed in the abdominal phase of APE procedure, it does not reach the consensus for the perineal phase. The important reason is the lack of definite anatomic landmarks in the perineal phase, thus the standardization of the procedure remains hard. In 2014, Swedish surgeon, professor Holm, proposed the new conception to classify the APE procedure into three types, which were intersphincteric APE, the extralavator APE and the ischioanal APE, based on the anatomic landmarks with perineal fascias, nervous and blood vessels. In this paper, we combine the review of literatures and our experiences of treatment to introduce and discuss these three types of APE procedures. This new concept is based on anatomic landmarks which makes the category of APE procedure more definitive, the anatomic dissection more clear and the standardization and adoption of APE procedure much easier.
Abdomen ; surgery ; Anatomic Landmarks ; Digestive System Surgical Procedures ; Humans ; Perineum ; surgery ; Rectal Neoplasms ; surgery

Abominoperineal resection (APR) is the main approach of lower rectal cancer treatment. Recently, it was found that conventional APR had higher incidence rate of positive circumferential resection margin(CRM) and intraoperative perforation (IOP), which was the crucial reason of local recurrence and worse prognosis. Extralevator abdominoperineal excision(ELAPE) procedure was proposed by European panels including surgeons, radiologist and pathologists, and considered to lower the positive rates of CRM and IOP. Definitive surgical planes and anatomic landmarks are the cores of this procedure, which are the prerequisite for the guarantee of safety and smoothness of surgery. To realize the anatomy of muscles, fascias, blood vessels and nervous of perineal region is the base of carrying out ELAPE procedure. In this paper, we introduce the key anatomy related to ELAPE procedure and summarize the principle of ELAPE procedure as "two planes and four landmarks", which will be beneficial to the popularization and application.
Abdomen ; surgery ; Digestive System Surgical Procedures ; Humans ; Perineum ; surgery ; Rectal Neoplasms ; surgery

Cylindrical abdominoperineal resection (CAPR), also known as extralevator abdominoperineal excision (ELAPE), has been described as a method for improving the outcome of APR for advanced low rectal cancer, probably because of more pelvic dissection and less positive circumferential resection margin (CRM). Recently, there have been some hot issues associated with CAPR/ELAPE, such as pelvic floor reconstruction methods, prone or lithotomy positioning during pelvic procedure, postoperative chronic perineal pain, postoperative sexual and urinary nerves damage, etc. Individual cylindrical procedure based on clinical and anatomic research may be as effective as CAPR/ELAPE while minimizing the operative trauma and the damage to the nerves of the genital and urinary organs.
Abdomen ; surgery ; Digestive System Surgical Procedures ; Humans ; Pelvis ; surgery ; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures ; Rectal Neoplasms ; surgery

OBJECTIVETo assess the advantage and disadvantage of laparoscopic abdomino-perineal resection and open abdominoperineal resection for low rectal cancer.

METHODSPatients with low rectal cancer, collected from July 2003 to April 2006, were randomly divided into laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection group (37 cases) and open abdominoperineal resection group (37 cases). Operation time, number of lymph node removed, intra-operative blood loss, time to pass flatus, time to ambulate, time to discharge, complications, early recurrence, and economical cost were compared between the 2 groups.

RESULTSAll patients were performed successfully. For the first 10 patients, operation time of laparoscopic group was significantly longer than that of open group, but there was no significant difference between the 2 groups. Intra-operative blood loss of laparoscopic group was significantly less than that of open group, but it was reverse for the first 10 patients. There was no significant difference in time to pass flatus between the 2 groups. Time to ambulate in laparoscopic group was significantly earlier than that in open group. There was no significant difference in time to discharge between the 2 groups, but it was earlier for perineum closure in laparoscopic group. Relative complications of laparoscopic group, including pulmonary infection, abdominal wound infection or split, were significantly less than those of open group. There was no significant difference in number of lymph nodes removed, early recurrence between the 2 groups. Operation cost of laparoscopic group was significantly higher than that of open group, but there was no significant difference.

CONCLUSIONAdvantages of laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection were characterized for not only minimal invasion and good cosmetic outcome but also less blood loss, complications, and earlier postoperative recovery. The operation time, total costs and oncological clearance of laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection patients were comparable with those of open procedure patients.

Abdomen ; surgery ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Laparoscopy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Perineum ; surgery ; Rectal Neoplasms ; pathology ; surgery ; Rectum ; pathology ; surgery ; Treatment Outcome

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is to achieve early recovery for patients undergoing major surgery through multimodal perioperative care pathways. Treatment of postoperative pain is of great importance for ERAS. From 2012 to now,the ERAS Society has published seven international guidelines for the abdominal or pelvic surgeries. Each of these guidelines recommended a standardized postoperative multimodal analgesia protocol to improve pain relief and postoperative recovery. Upon these guidelines,thoracic epidural analgesia should be the primary choice for postoperative analgesia of either abdominal and pelvic surgeries. Meanwhile,postoperative multimodal analgesia should contain multiple methods and drugs. In this review,we ellucidate the recommendations on postoperative multimodal analgesia from these seven ERAS guidelines,so as to facilitate the implementation of standardized postoperative multimodal analgesia.
Abdomen ; surgery ; Analgesia ; methods ; Humans ; Pain, Postoperative ; therapy ; Pelvis ; surgery ; Postoperative Period ; Practice Guidelines as Topic

OBJECTIVETo analyze and summarize the medical treatment experience following separation of thoracopagus conjoined twins.

METHODThe clinical manifestations and the medical therapy of a pair of thoracopagus conjoined twins were analyzed. The conjunction of the female twins was from 5 cm above the nipple to the umbilicus. They also suffered from complex congenital heart diseases. At the 17th day of their lives, they were surgically separated. One girl died after the operation, the other survived but experienced heart failure, sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction (including liver, blood and kidney et al). In order to protect or maintain the main organ function, the vital signs and the objective indexes were monitored continually, such as blood routine test, C reactive protein, hepatorenal function, bacterial culture, and galactomannan test, blood gas analysis and chest radiogram.

CONCLUSIONIt is important to protect the main organ function and prevent or control infection. The early surgical correction of congenital heart disease may contribute to recovery of the children.

Abdomen ; abnormalities ; Abnormalities, Multiple ; surgery ; Female ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Thorax ; abnormalities ; Treatment Outcome ; Twins, Conjoined ; surgery

Abdomen, Acute ; diagnosis ; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Laparoscopy ; methods ; Omentum ; pathology ; surgery ; Torsion Abnormality ; diagnosis ; surgery