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Abordaje microquirúrgico transanal. Experiencia inicial. Indicaciones y resultados
Transanal microsurgical approach. Initial experience. Indications and results

Introducción: El tratamiento quirúrgico de las afecciones del recto bajo se encuentra en permanente revisión intentando mantener una adecuada función de continencia y urogenital. Una opción reciente es el abordaje microquirúrgico transanal. El objetivo del trabajo es evaluar una serie de pacientes ...

Prevalência de infecção de trato urinário no primeiro mês pós-transplante renal em um hospital universitário

Objetivo: identificar a prevalência dos casos de infecção de trato urinário (ITU) em pacientes submetidos ao transplante renal durante o primeiro mês após o procedimento e analisar os possíveis fatores explicativos para tal ocorrência. Método: estudo quantitativo de coorte retrospectivo, realiza...

Nutrición perioperatoria en protocolos quirúrgicos para una mejor recuperación postoperatoria (Protocolo ERAS)

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (11), 2017
The trauma involved in any surgical procedure, even if elective, causes a metabolic stress response characterized by postoperative insulin resistance (PIR). PIR is considered a surgical stress marker and is associated with increased morbidity and postoperative length of stay. PIR worsens when the patient...

Management of Axillary Web Syndrome after Breast Cancer: Evidence-Based Practice

Abstract Axillary web syndrome is characterized as a physical-functional complication that impacts the quality of life of women who have undergone treatment for breast cancer. The present study aims to verify the physiotherapy treatment available for axillary web syndrome after surgery for breast cancer ...

¿Existen diferencias entre la vía transobturadora y retropúbica en la resolución de la incontinencia de orina de esfuerzo?
Are there differences between transobturator and retropubic sling in the resolution of stress urinary incontinence?

PROPÓSITO: Comparar la eficacia y complicaciones de la vía retropúbica (TVT o RP) y la vía transobturadora (TVT-O) en el tratamiento quirúrgico de la incontinencia de orina de esfuerzo (IOE). MÉTODOS: Estudio retrospectivo de pacientes con diagnóstico de IOE operadas entre Julio 2004 y Julio 2014...

Update on complications of synthetic suburethral slings

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (5), 2017
ABSTRACT Synthetic suburethral slings have become the most widely used technique for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Despite its high success rates, significant complications have been reported including bleeding, urethral or bladder injury, urethral or bladder mesh erosion, intest...

Sudden motor and sensorial loss due to retroperitoneal hematoma during postoperative periods: a case report

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 67 (5), 2017
Abstract A 68 year-old male patient was hospitalized for radical prostatectomy. He had no abnormal medical history including neurological deficit before the operation. Prior to general anesthesia, an epidural catheter was inserted in the L3-4 interspace for intraoperative and postoperative analgesia. Aft...

Burns related to electrosurgery - Report of two cases

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 67 (5), 2017
Abstract Electrosurgery is a technology developed over the last few years and has become a very important tool in modern surgery. Most of the equipment is considered safe, although there are risks related to its use. Several lesions may be caused by electrocautery, and burns are the most common and feare...

Anesthetic considerations for a patient with hereditary angioedema - A clinical case

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 67 (5), 2017
Abstract Hereditary angioedema (HAE), with an estimated prevalence of 1:50,000, is a rare but potentially fatal disease. It may present with recurrent systemic edema of the subcutaneous tissue and mucous membranes. Patients with HAE are at increased risk for clinical worsening with surgical stress, and m...

Incidence and treatment of chylothorax in children undergoing corrective surgery for congenital heart diseases

Abstract Introduction: Chylothorax is a lymphatic extravasation into pleural cavity and its incidence is 0.25%-5.3% in children undergoing cardiac surgery. Objective: To evaluate the incidence of chylothorax in pediatrics patients operated, linking it in each surgical intervention. Evaluate treatment t...