Abstract Objective To review the main acute complications of inflammatory bowel disease in order to present the state of the art of their respective diagnosis and treatment. Methods A bibliographic search was conducted in Medline database using the following keywords: "inflammatory bowel disease", "Col...
The use of colorectal self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) as bridge therapy for malignant colorectal obstruction was first reported more than 20 years ago. However, its use remains controversial. Objective: In this study, we aimed to compare the long-term survival of patients with potentially resectable ...
Se ha observado que la población mayor de 65 años requiere con mayor frecuencia procedimientos quirúrgicos y en ellos las presentaciones clínicas de las entidades responsables de un abdomen agudo son atípicas. En situaciones de emergencia, el diagnóstico resulta más difícil que en el adulto debid...
ABSTRACT Background: Meconium ileus is a common cause of intestinal obstruction in neonates that different surgical methods have been described for its management such as Santulli and loop ileostomy. Aim: To evaluate and compare clinical efficacy of Santulli and loop ileostomy in neonates with meconi...
ABSTRACT Background: Meconium ileus is a common cause of intestinal obstruction in neonates that different surgical methods have been described for its management such as Santulli and loop ileostomy. Aim: To evaluate and compare clinical efficacy of Santulli and loop ileostomy in neonates with meconi...
Introducción: La obstrucción intestinal por coágulo intraluminal es una complicación posquirúrgica poco frecuente reportada en la literatura. Reportamos el caso de un paciente con obstrucción intestinal por coágulos intraluminales posquirúrgicos de una hepaticoyeyunostomía con Y de Roux. Caso cl...
Resumen: Presentamos un caso un hombre de 53 años con antecedentes de reflujo gastroesofágico y pirosis con varias visitas al servicio de urgencias por vómitos, con antecedentes de consumo crónico de alcohol. La TC sin y con contraste endovenoso mostró a nivel del píloro una lesion ovoidea de pared...