: A negative prognostic impact of anastomotic leakage on local recurrence and disease-free survival was found only for patients with leakage needing surgical revision.

In clinical routine, the diagnostic accuracy of transrectal ultrasound in staging rectal carcinoma does not attain the very good results reported in the literature. Only in the hands of diagnosticians with a large case volume of rectal carcinoma patients can EUS lead to therapy-relevant decisions.

The Bristow-Latarjet procedure is a good surgical treatment for recurrent anterior-inferior instability of the glenohumeral joint.

For palliative treatment of malignancy-induced colorectal obstruction, SEMS is an efficient tool associated with low morbidity and minimal mortality. From a technical point of view, all tumor locations are accessible.