hemoperitoneum/phosphatase

Seventy patients with blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma and hemoperitoneum were evaluated by the analysis of the enzyme content of peritoneal blood using automated laboratory methods. The enzyme levels in peritoneal blood were evaluated relative to the simultaneous levels in peripheral blood to

Peritoneal lavage, when used in the standard way to detect hemoperitoneum, gives no information regarding site or nature of injury. We think that it would be useful for the surgeon to be more able to characterize intraabdominal injuries preoperatively, and that this may be possible by extending the

During a 23 year period at Memorial Hospital, the diagnosis of liver cell carcinoma was made in 42 patients who were 11 to 40 years old. Ninety per cent were Caucasian, mostly born in the United states. No occupational hazard was detected. Serum hepatitis antigen was demonstrated in only one

BACKGROUND Cytoreduction with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion (HIPEC) has an established role in selected patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). We analyzed the safety and efficacy of HIPEC using high-dose oxaliplatin, a cytotoxic agent commonly used in metastatic colorectal