[The Koblenz algorithm for thoracoabdominal wounds in a military hospital]. / Pervoe primenenie «koblentsskogo algoritma¼ v lechenii patsientov s torakoabdominal'nymi raneniyami v usloviyakh voennogo gospitalya. Klinicheskii sluchai.

Despite available armored personal protection in troops, the incidence of abdominal wounds in modern wars is 6.6-9.0%. Of these, penetrating abdominal injuries comprise 75-80%. Thoracoabdominal injuries occupy a special place with incidence up to 88%. We present the first case of the "Koblenz algorithm" in the treatment of a patient with mine explosion wound, combined injury of the head, limbs, thoracoabdominal trauma, widespread peritonitis, small intestinal obstruction and septic shock in a military hospital. This algorithm was implemented under import substitution considering the peculiarities of abdominal adhesive process in a patient with thoracoabdominal wound. This case demonstrates the advantage of this algorithm for patients with severe combined wounds of the chest and abdomen complicated by diffuse purulent peritonitis. Clinical status of these patients does not allow not only open laparostomy, but also "classical" redo laparotomies.

[Surgical treatment of extensive metastatic tumor of the left ribs III-V and lung in 13 years after resection of cylindroma of the soft palate]. / Khirurgicheskoe lechenie obshirnoi metastaticheskoi opukholi III­V reber i legkogo sleva spustya 13 let posle udaleniya tsilindromy myagkogo neba.

Metastatic chest lesion is rare in patients with soft palate tumors. We present a 52-year-old patient with metastatic lesion of the left ribs III-V and lung in 13 years after resection of cylindroma of the soft palate. The patient underwent successful chest reconstruction and atypical resection of the left lung. Isolation of the pleural cavity by xenopericardial patches and preoperative 3D CT modeled titanium implants meet all the requirements for maintaining the chest function. This approach also positively affects postoperative period and recovery. The above-described method of replacing chest defects is highly effective.

[Effectiveness of laparoscopic esophagocardiomyotomy combined with various modifications of fundoplication in the treatment of achalasia cardia]. / Sravnitel'naya otsenka effektivnosti laparoskopicheskoi ezofagokardiomiotomii v sochetanii s razlichnymi modifikatsiyami fundoplikatsii v lechenii akhalazii kardii.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the results of laparoscopic esophagocardiomyotomy with original fundoplication and Dor fundoplication. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Laparoscopic esophagocardiomyotomy with fundoplication was performed in 196 patients with achalasia cardia. Patients with achalasia stage 2 comprised 48.5% (95/196), stage 3 - 51.5% (101/196). Two groups were distinguished depending on surgery: Dor fundoplication (group 1, n=53) and Allakhverdyan fundoplication (group 2, n=143). Statistical analysis of data was carried out. RESULTS: Surgery time in the first group was longer by 35 minutes (p=0.000), blood loss - by 30 ml (p=0.000), postoperative hospital-stay - by 3 days. Pulmonary complications occurred in 34% and 2% of patients, respectively (p=0.002). In the first group, reflux esophagitis in 3 months after surgery was found in 62% of patients, after 6 months - 72%, after a year - in 74% of patients. In the second group, these values were 24%, 8% and 3%, respectively. Dysphagia developed in 2% and 1% of cases, respectively (p=0.767). CONCLUSION: Dor fundoplication demonstrates unsatisfactory long-term results and should be currently considered as historical stage in surgical treatment of achalasia cardia.

[Laparoscopic transhiatal resection of the lower third of the esophagus for late recurrence of achalasia cardia after laparoscopic esophagocardiomyotomy: a 12-year follow-up]. / Rezektsiya nizhnei treti pishchevoda laparoskopicheskim transkhiatal'nym dostupom po povodu pozdnego retsidiva akhalazii kardii posle laparoskopicheskoi ezofagokardiomiotomii: 12 let nablyudeniya.

The choice of treatment for recurrence after esophagocardiomyotomy is individual. Repeated esophagocardiomyotomy is appropriate in patients without malignancy and significant deposition of food masses in distal esophagus followed by severe pulmonary complications. Esophagectomy is desirable in case of unadvisable or failed repeated esophagocardiomyotomy. The authors presents laparoscopic transhiatal resection of the lower third of the esophagus (2019) in a patient with recurrent achalasia of the cardia stage 3-4 and cicatricial peptic stricture of the lower third of the esophagus after previous laparoscopic esophagocardiomyotomy with fundoplication (2009). The immediate results of redo surgery and physical status of the patient after 3 years (12-year follow-up) are described.

[Koblenz algorithm for open abdomen management]. / «Koblentsskii algoritm¼ lecheniya bol'nykh s laparostomoi.

The issue of laparostomy treatment is still controversial, since there are insufficient evidence-based data. German military surgeons have developed and implemented the «Koblenz algorithm¼ of laparostomy treatment into everyday practice. The algorithm was developed at the Bundeswehr Central Hospital in Koblenz (Germany). Today, approximately 50% of German civilian hospitals use the «Koblenz algorithm¼. The database for laparostomy treatment was created on the basis of international platform European Registry of Abdominal wall Hernias (EuraHS) in May 2015. These data will be valuable for further multipla-center studies. This manuscript is devoted to analysis of clinical effectiveness of the «Koblenz algorithm¼ in the treatment of patients with laparostomy. Searching of Russian, English and German studies devoted to «Koblenz algorithm¼ in the treatment of patients with laparostomy was carried out in the eLIBRARY, Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek, the Cochrane Library and the PubMed databases. The authors comprehensively described «Koblenz algorithm¼. Mortality in the group of VAC - therapy was 57% (31/54), in case of «Koblenz algorithm¼ - 33% (33/100). Between-group differences were significant (OR 0.36, 95% CI 0.18-0.72, p=0.003). However, an efficacy of «Koblenz algorithm¼ should be confirmed in further multiple-center studies including national evidence-based trials.

[Laparothoracoscopic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy with esophageal-gastric intrapleural anastomosis]. / Metodika laparotorakoskopicheskoi ezofagektomii po tipu Ivor Lewis s neapparatnym pishchevodno-zheludochnym vnutriplevral'nym anastomozom.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the methodology of laparothoracoscopic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy in surgical treatment of esophageal cancer and compare early outcomes of this procedure with conventional Ivor Lewis surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS: There were 30 laparothoracoscopic Ivor Lewis esophagectomies followed by non-hardware esophageal-gastric intrapleural anastomosis for esophageal cancer. All procedures have been performed for the period 2016-2019 at the Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute (suturing of anastomosis was based on the method of professor A.S. Allakhverdyan). RESULTS: Laparothoracoscopic esophagectomy is characterized by higher surgery time by 136.57 min (p=0.012), less duration of anesthesia and mechanical ventilation by 77.5 min (p=0.042), postoperative ICU-stay by 2.25 hours (p=0.021), blood loss by 550 ml (p=0,000), duration of postoperative fasting by 2 days (p=0.034), hospital-stay by 8 days (p=0.021) compared to open esophagectomy. There were no significant between-group differences in the number of resected lymph nodes (p=0.142). Incidence of esophageal-gastric anastomosis failure is insignificantly higher in the OE group (χ2=1.89; p=0.075). Incidence of pulmonary complications (pneumonia, chylothorax, paresis of the vocal cords, pleural empyema) is less in the LTSE group (p<0.05). Cardiovascular morbidity is significantly lower in the LTSE group (p<0.05). A 30-day mortality rate was similar in both groups (χ2=2.56; p=0.0253). CONCLUSION: Early results of laparothoracoscopic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy are superior to the results of conventional Ivor Lewis surgery in surgical treatment of esophageal cancer.

[Surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer in the conditions of a new coronavirus infection pandemic (COVID-19)]. / Khirurgicheskoe lechenie nemelkokletochnogo raka legkogo v usloviyakh pandemii novoi koronavirusnoi infektsii (COVID-19).

Available data indicate a worse prognosis in cancer patients with COVID-19. Surgical treatment of lung cancer in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic poses new challenges to ensure the perioperative safety of patients. OBJECTIVE: To prevent infection of patients in the perioperative period and, in case of infection, to prevent the severe course of COVID-19. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic within two months (March-April 2020) 138 patients underwent surgical treatment for malignant tumors, including 22 videothoracoscopic operations: 3 (13.6%) segmentectomies, 16 (72.7%) lobectomies, and 5 (22.7%) bilobectomies for non-small cell lung cancer. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Following the principles that ensure the prevention of infection and the prevention of severe COVID-19, we managed to avoid the first stage of the pandemic (March-April 2020) cases of infection with a new coronavirus infection in patients who underwent surgical treatment for lung cancer.