OBJECTIVE: The authors present a case report of hyperplastic polyposis syndrome from the Coloproctology Service, Vitória Apart Hospital, Vitória-ES. CASE STUDY: Our case is a 24-year-old man who suffered from fatigue, malaise and microcytic and hypochromic anemia, whose upper digestive endoscopy presen...
INTRODUCTION: Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), an autosomal dominant disease characterized by development of numerous adenomatous polyps in the colon and rectum, is caused by germline mutations in the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC) gene. METHODS: To determine the surgical morbidity in patients wit...
Loureiro, Jenifer;
Menegazzo, Gian Luigi;
Vergamini, Lucas;
Pestana, Roberto Carmagnani;
Formiga, Fernanda Bellotti;
Sousa, Marcella Guilherme Carolino de;
Takahashi, Thais Yuka;
Silveira, Felipe;
Candelária, Paulo de Azeredo Passos;
Martini Filho, Dino;
Bin, Fang Chia.
A case of diagnostic difficulty facing the patient with colonic polyposis secondary to Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, but without family history and pathognomonic clinical features of the disease, is illustrated. The exams, including biopsy, led to diagnostic uncertainty and the definitive diagnosis was charact...
PURPOSE: although laparoscopic surgery for the treatment of colorectal diseases represents a major advance, it is currently performed in less than a third of patients undergoing colectomies. The aim of this study is to analyze the initial results of laparoscopic-assisted colorectal surgeries (LACS) perfo...
OBJECTIVE: Colorectal surgeons often struggle to explain to administrators/payers reasons for prolonged length of stay (LOS). This study aim was to identify factors associated with increased LOS after colorectal surgery. DESIGN: The study population included patients from the 2007 American-College-of-Sur...
OBJECTIVE: Laparoscopic approach should be offered for most patients requiring colectomy, as it is a safe procedure, associated with shorter hospitalization, better cosmetic results, and does not affect negatively the oncological outcomes of patients with colon cancer. However, there is no consistent dat...
INTRODUCTION: laparoscopic colorectal surgery has become a viable access route since the beginning of 1990, using Jacobs' technique. Its outcomes are decrease in hospitalization length, early return to routine activities, better esthetic results and less postoperative pain. OBJECTIVE: to report a series ...
INTRODUCTION: Preoperative mechanical cleansing of the colon has been frequently questioned lately. The purpose of this study was to present the experience of our team with colorectal resection without conventional mechanical preparation of the large bowel. METHODS: The study retrospectively evaluated 54...
Laparoscopic colorectal surgery is less traumatic when compared to traditional surgery techniques, with well-established advantages. The objective of this study was to report the experience in laparoscopic surgical treatment of colorectal diseases. METHOD: Catalog all patients submitted to laparoscopic c...
Introducción. La infrecuente situación clínica que constituye la gran masa inflamatoria encontrada durante una apendicectomía que llevó a una hemicolectomía y los hallazgos patológicos que causaron el proceso inflamatorio, son las razones que motivaron la revisión de los casos presentados durante...
