Rak żołądka — opis przypadku

The article presents the case of an 80-year-old patient admitted to the Department of Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine and Dietetics in Poznań for the diagnosis of anaemia. The paper contains a short description of gastric cancer, etiology, diagnostics with an emphasis on a number of information particularly useful for family medicine doctors and treatment. The aim of the study is to emphasize the need for a multifaceted and multidisciplinary approach to a patient with a history of cancer.W artykule przedstawiono przypadek 80-letniego pacjenta przyjętego do Kliniki Gastroenterologii, Dietetyki i Chorób Wewnętrznych w Poznaniu w celu diagnostyki niedokrwistości. W pracy zawar to krótką charakterystykę raka żołądka, etiologię, diagnostykę z naciskiem na wiele informacji szczególnie przydatnych dla lekarzy medycyny rodzinnej, oraz leczenie. Celem pracy jest podkreślenie konieczności wieloaspektowego i wielodyscyplinarnego podejścia do pacjenta z wywiadem chorób nowotworowych

Surgeons’ practice and preferences for the anal fissure treatment: results from an international survey

The best nonoperative or operative anal fissure (AF) treatment is not yet established, and several options have been proposed. Aim is to report the surgeons' practice for the AF treatment. Thirty-four multiple-choice questions were developed. Seven questions were about to participants' demographics and, 27 questions about their clinical practice. Based on the specialty (general surgeon and colorectal surgeon), obtained data were divided and compared between two groups. Five-hundred surgeons were included (321 general and 179 colorectal surgeons). For both groups, duration of symptoms for at least 6 weeks is the most important factor for AF diagnosis (30.6%). Type of AF (acute vs chronic) is the most important factor which guide the therapeutic plan (44.4%). The first treatment of choice for acute AF is ointment application for both groups (59.6%). For the treatment of chronic AF, this data is confirmed by colorectal surgeons (57%), but not by the general surgeons who prefer the lateral internal sphincterotomy (LIS) (31.8%) (p = 0.0001). Botulin toxin injection is most performed by colorectal surgeons (58.7%) in comparison to general surgeons (20.9%) (p = 0.0001). Anal flap is mostly performed by colorectal surgeons (37.4%) in comparison to general surgeons (28.3%) (p = 0.0001). Fissurectomy alone is statistically significantly most performed by general surgeons in comparison to colorectal surgeons (57.9% and 43.6%, respectively) (p = 0.0020). This analysis provides useful information about the clinical practice for the management of a debated topic such as AF treatment. Shared guidelines and consensus especially focused on operative management are required to standardize the treatment and to improve postoperative results