Chirurgische Versorgung von Leberrupturen

Zusammenfassung. Von Januar 1979 bis August 1996 wurden an der Chirurgischen Universit?tsklinik Ulm 178 Patienten aufgrund eines Lebertraumas chirurgisch versorgt. Es handelte sich dabei zu 91,6 % um stumpfe und nur zu 8,4 % um penetrierende Traumen. Bei 110 F?llen (62 %) handelte es sich um leichte Verletzungen der Schweregrade I und II, w?hrend sich bei 68 Patienten (38 %) schwere Traumen der Grade III, IV und V fanden. Die Letalit?tsrate wird vom Schweregrad der Leberruptur und der Begleitverletzung bestimmt. Die Gesamtletalit?t lag bei 32 % (57 Patienten). Davon sind 28 Patienten an den Folgen der Leberverletzung verstorben. Dies bedeutet, die reine Sterblichkeit aufgrund der Leber betrug 15,7 %. Keiner der Patienten mit einer penetrierenden Verletzung ist verstorben. Die Komplikationsrate lag bei 55 %, wobei die H?matombildung die am h?ufigsten beobachtete Komplikation darstellte (12,9 %), an zweiter Stelle folgte die Nachblutung mit 9,6 %. Die Absce?rate lag bei 2,8 %. Bei einem kreislaufstabilen Patienten sollte grunds?tzlich die konservative Therapie angestrebt werden, sofern er die gegebenen Voraussetzungen erfüllt. Bei kreislaufinstabilen Patienten ist ein operatives Vorgehen unumg?nglich. Das chirurgische Vorgehen h?ngt vom Schweregrad der Leberverletzung ab. Bei leichter Blutung steht die „einfache“ Versorgung durch Coagulation oder Naht im Vordergrund. Liegt eine schwere Blutung vor, so empfiehlt sich die Hepatotomie, die gezielte Blutstillung und Débridement (Pachters Vorgehen). Ist die Blutung nicht unter Kontrolle zu bringen, ist die perihepatische Bauchtuchtamponade das Mittel der Wahl.      

Regional Chemotherapy in Liver Metastases of Colorectal Carcinoma: Monitoring with Arterial Computed Tomography

Continuous chemotherapy was administered to 82 patients through the hepatic artery via Infusaid pumps. In order to obtain a primary status and to evaluate the success of therapy, the perfusion patterns of the liver and of the existing tumor masses in the liver were estimated by conducting arterial angiocomputed tomographies (AACTs) immediately after pump implantation of every 3 months thereafter. In 70% of the patients, findings showed both liver lobes to be homogeneously perfused, 24% demonstrated distinct inhomogeneities. The response of the latter cases should depend primarily on the efficacy of the administered cytostatic agent. Six percent of the patients showed selective perfusion of either the left or right hepatic lobe. In these cases, only me perfused liver regions exhibited stable disease or regression of the metastases, whereas the metastases of the nonperfused regions progressed. At 3-month follow-up, the majority of the patients (50-57%) showed homogeneous hepatic perfusion. Inhomogeneities were found in 26-36% of the patients, 12 patients demonstrated incomplete perfusion. There was no association between the perfusion patterns of the metastases or of the prechemotherapeutic liver involvement and the response of the metastases to regional chemotherapy. In regional chemotherapy, liver perfusion should be controlled both intraoperatively or directly postoperatively and during therapy.     

Single doses of FK506 and OKT3 reduce severity in early experimental acute pancreatitis.

OBJECTIVE: To find out if two immunomodulatory drugs used in organ transplantation (FK506 (tacrolimus) and OKT3 (Orthoclone) would reduce early inflammatory complications in experimental acute pancreatitis. DESIGN: Laboratory study. SETTING: University hospital, Germany. ANIMALS: 36 Balb/c mice. INTERVENTIONS: Pancreatitis induced by 7 intraperitoneal injections of cerulein 50 microg/kg at hourly intervals followed by FK506 0.32 mg/kg, OKT3 0.6 mg/kg, or 0.9% sodium chloride (controls) (n = 12 in each group). 12 hours after induction of pancreatitis the animals were killed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Serum amylase activity and interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentrations; histological damage to pancreas and lungs, apoptotic cells in pancreas; and myeloperoxidase activity in lungs. RESULTS: No animal died during the experiment. At 12h serum amylase activity and IL-6 concentrations were increased in all 3 groups, but highest in the OKT3 group. The pancreatic histological score, apoptosis, and inflammatory infiltration were lower in the two experimental groups than controls, but the degree of vacuolisation of acinar cells was similar. Packed cell volume was higher in the control than the experimental groups, and pulmonary damage and myeloperoxidase activity were less in the experimental groups than the controls. CONCLUSION: Single therapeutic doses of FK506 and OKT3 reduced the early severity of pancreatitis, pulmonary damage, and haemoconcentration in mice. Single doses of FK506 or OKT3 may therefore be effective in preventing the early complications of pancreatitis.     

Endotoxin and antiendotoxin antibodies in patients with acute pancreatitis.

OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the time course of endotoxaemia and antiendotoxin antibodies in patients with acute pancreatitis. DESIGN: Prospective clinical study. SETTING: University hospital, Germany. SUBJECTS: 25 patients with oedematous (n = 9) or necrotising (n = 16) pancreatitis, and 20 healthy controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Concentrations of endotoxin and immunoglobulins (classes G, M, and A) directed at two lipid A molecules, four lipopolysaccharides, and alpha-haemolysin of Staphylococcus aureus measurements in plasma during a 12 day period. RESULTS: There were no differences in the degree of endotoxaemia between patients with oedematous and necrotising pancreatitis on admission. However, from the day after admission and throughout the observation period patients with necrotising pancreatitis had significantly higher concentrations of endotoxin than those with oedematous pancreatitis. Concentrations of IgM specific for endotoxin peaked at day 4, and then decreased in patients with oedematous pancreatitis while remaining high for those with necrotising pancreatitis. There was only a slight increase in IgA specific for endotoxin, and IgG and immunoglobulins to gamma-haemolysin remained steady throughout the observation period. There was strong cross-reactivity (r > 0.7) between IgM specific for endotoxin (70%), but this was less with IgA (52%), and IgG (20%). CONCLUSIONS: Necrotising pancreatitis is accompanied by persistent endotoxaemia with an extended rise in antiendotoxin antibodies. Patients with oedematous pancreatitis have a transient endotoxaemia with a temporary increase of Ig specific for endotoxin. Endotoxin stimulates the synthesis of specific antibodies (IgM) despite general immunosuppression.     

Surgical treatment results in colonic obstruction

Between 1982 and 1988 94 patients with obstruction of the colon were operated (52 male, 42 female, median age 66 years). Carcinoma accounted for the majority of cases: in 51% of patients enteral, in 9% local tumor growth extraenteral, in 17% peritoneal carcinosis. Therapeutic procedures were chosen according to the necessities in benign courses and in extraenteral tumor growth. In obstructing colorectal carcinoma (48 patients) a policy of primary tumor resection was pursued. 48 patients (40%) developed postoperative complications, 3 patients (3.1%) had to be reoperated. The overall mortality rate in patients with acute obstructions of all courses was 9.6%, in patients with obstruction secondary to carcinoma 14.6%. 74% of patients with colorectal tumors had TNM tumor stage III and IV. The 5-years-survival rate amounted to 21% overall, but after primary tumor resection it was 47%.