Entre agosto de 1988 y diciembre de 1995 se realizaron 73 trasplantes renales en el Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. El seguimiento medio fue de 35 meses. Se evaluó la incidencia de fístula urinaria ureterovésical y la repercusión de la misma en la evolución del implante renal. Se constataron 6 ca...
Nuestra serie de 113 pacientes operados por litiasis coraliformes por vía abierta, con seguimiento promedio de 41,3 meses (6-150) entre enero/1980 a diciembre/1995. Se evaluó a lar go plazo la función renal en relación al uso de isquemia y protección renal durante la cirugía, la presencia de litias...
Entre agosto 1993 y abril 1996 fueron evaluados 92 pacientes con HPB sintomático, tratados con Finasteride 5 mg/día. El objetivo de este trabajo es evaluar la eficacia de este fármaco en el control de la HPB sintomático. Los pacientes fueron evaluados mediante Score Sintomático AUA, APE, flujometrí...
Electrocardiographic changes, left ventricular wall motion abnormalities, myocardial ischemia, myocytolysis and arrhythmias have been well documented in patients with cerebral bleed. These complications may be related to stimulation of autonomic nervous system and central nervous system. We report a case...
PURPOSE: To evaluate the immediate and long term results of percutaneous transluminal coronary balloon angioplasty (PTCA) in patients over 80 years old. METHODS: From 1/1/89 to 6/31/95, 97 patients with 80 years of age or older were submitted to PTCA and were divided into three groups: group A (GrA)-30 p...
Pomerantzeff, Pablo M. A;
Tarasoutchi, Flavio;
Brito Júnior, Fabio S. de;
Munhoz, Alexandre Mendonca;
Cardoso, Luiz F;
Brandão, Carlos Manuel de A;
Grinberg, Max;
Stolf, Noedir A. G;
Bellotti, Giovanni;
Pileggi, Fulvio;
Jatene, Adib D.
PURPOSE: To study the short and long term clinical course of patients with severe aortic stenosis after surgical treatment of the valvular lesion. METHODS: Thirty survivors among 31 consecutive patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) due to aortic stenosis (AS) were submitted to clinical ...
A series of five consecutive patients with stercoral perforation of the colon is presented. Four of the patients had free perforation and one had an abscess between the splenic flexure, spleen and surrounding organs, a yet unreported entity. All patients underwent emergency surgery including laparostomy ...
INTRODUCTION: Chordoma is a rare and slow-growing tumor, with local aggressiveness and preferential localization in the vertebral column. OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this study is to evaluate natural history and results of treatment of chordomas. METHODOLOGY: This is a retrospective study from 1953 ...
The frequency of smoking among patients with primary lung cancer diagnoses admitted to the Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) during the 1980's was investigated. The objective of this study was to analyze cigarette consumption patterns through the number of cigarettes smoked per day and the age ...
Armando, Sylvia;
Azolas Sagrista, Carlos;
Cartes, Raúl;
Pérez Oberreuter, Guillermo;
Garrido Crovetto, Rogelio;
Jensen Benítez, Christian;
Vergara Bahamodes, Juan Ignacio;
Orlandi Jorquera, Luis;
Yáñez, Manuel;
Espinoza, J;
Derio, Lidia.
Se presentan 21 casos de cáncer anal, todos carcinomas epidermoides, tratados en forma prospectiva con asociación de quimioradioterapia desde abril de 1986 a septiembre de 1994. De ellos 17 son mujeres y 4 son hombres, con una edad promedio de 65,7 años y con un margen de 51 a 82 años. Todos se trata...
