[Hypocaloric nutrition in the early postoperative phase in patients following colorectal surgery]. / Die hypokalorische Ernährung in der frühen postoperativen Phase bei Patienten nach kolorektalen Eingriffen.

In patients with colorectal tumors of stages T4 N0-N1 and M0 the effectiveness of hypocaloric nutrition in the early postoperative period was monitored. Only patients without a disturbed nutrition state in the preoperative period were selected for this procedure, in which Schmoz' 6-point-system (Hb, albumin, transferrin, anthropometries and immune state) was used for this distinction. The nutrition solution used was Infesol (40.0 g amino acids to 100.0 g sorbitol in 11). The postoperative control of protein values showed that all values were normal; only albumin decreased from the norm on the second postoperative day. Nitrogen losses in 24-h urine were on average 15 g N, with an N intake of 9.5 g daily. All patients were fed by the peripheral-venous way. Complications were minor and were favorable compared to those observed in a group given hypercaloric nutrition.

[To the trauma of the pisiform bone, a contribution to the rare injuries of the hand (author's transl)]. / Zur Traumatologie des Erbsenbeins, ein Beitrag zu den selteneren Handverletzungen

Fractures and especially luxations of the pisiform bone are rare injuries of hands, of which X-ray pictures are very important. The few points and cases in the literature some own cases are added; a hitched luxation of the pisiform bone with operative reposition and fixation is exactly described.

[A technic for parenteral feeding in a rat model]. / Technik der parenteralen Ernährung im Rattenmodell.

About the method of central vein catheterisation in rats is reported. The catheterisation takes place after operative lay open by way of the external jugular vein. So it is possible to perform successfully an effective longterm infusion therapy in animal experiments, too.