[Extended surgery in locally invasive pancreatic cancer. An original revascularization technique]. / Cirurgia de ressecção dos tumores do pâncreas localmente invasivos. (Apresentação de uma nova técnica de revascularização).

The end results of surgery for pancreatic tumors remains very poor. In patients with locally invasive tumors a by-pass type of surgery is usually performed with low survival and poor life quality. Seven patients with locally invasive pancreatic tumors were operated by the authors and extensive radical surgery was done with good results. An original revascularization technique of the hepatic artery is described.

[Multiple organ resections in surgery of the colon and rectum]. / Ressecções multiorgânicas na cirurgia dos tumores do colon e recto.

Colorectal cancer patients with regional invasion or metastatic disease present low life expectancy. Radical surgical treatment is the only potentially curative procedure, with significant good results being reported. Thirty two patients with either regional invasion or metastatic disease were submitted to surgery with good survival rate.