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Proctitis infecciosa por Chlamydia Trachomatis
Infectious proctitis by Chlamydia Trachomatis

Introducción: Las infecciones transmisibles sexualmente (ITS) son motivo de consulta frecuente, encontrándose Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) entre las prevalentes. Este germen provoca proctitis de diversa gravedad según el biovar involucrado. Los casos más floridos suelen ser ocasionados por el biovar LG...

Complicaciones infecciosas graves luego de la ligadura con banda elástica para hemorroides: reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura
Acute infectious complications after ligation with elastic band for hemorrhoids: a case report and literature review

Introducción: La ligadura con banda elástica es un procedimiento efectivo y de bajo costo, para el manejo de hemorroides grado I-III, que no requiere internación. Sus complicaciones, cuando presentes, son habitualmente leves. Aunque poco comunes, existen complicaciones graves asociadas a este procedim...

Hormone treatment as first line therapy is safe and relieves pelvic pain in women with bowel endometriosis

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate clinical features and complications in patients with bowel endometriosis submitted to hormonal therapy. Methods: Retrospective study based on data extracted from medical records of 238 women with recto-sigmoid endometriosis treated between May 2010 and May 2016. Results...

Rectal syphilis in a HIV patient from Peru

We present the case of a 53-year-old male patient, a man who had sex with men. He described the presence of inguinal adenopathy and non-painful ulcer with indurated edges on his penis that heal spontaneously after 3 months. In the same period of time the patient presented: tenesmus, bleeding and rectal p...

Continence changes following transanal endoscopic microsurgery result from the impact on rectal capacity: clinical and functional evaluation before and after surgical treatment

ABSTRACT Introduction: Described in 1983 and with a stable clinical application, the impact of Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery on anorectal function remains unknown. The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the impact of Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery on anorectal function according to ...

Rectal ulcer due to Kayexalate deposition - an unusual case

SUMMARY Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (PSP) or Kayexalate is a cation-exchange resin, widely used in the management of hyperkalaemia due to renal disease. A rare, yet potentially dangerous, adverse event related to sodium polystyrene sulfonate use is intestinal mucosal injury, especially in the colon. The...

Efficacy in the use of local anesthesia in patients with surgical intervention for the resolution of anorectal pathologies

ABSTRACT A prospective, comparative, longitudinal study was conducted in the period from April 2016 to January 2017 in order to determine the efficacy of local anesthesia for the surgical resolution of anorectal pathologies in surgically operated patients who attended the General University Hospital "Lui...

Intervenciones de enfermería en pacientes con cirugía ambulatoria de enfermedades anorectales
Nursing interventions in patients with anorectal diseases outpatient surgery

Rev. cuba. enferm; 34 (1), 2018
RESUMEN Introducción: En la cirugía ambulatoria, el paciente es operado y enviado el mismo día a su hogar, es decir, requiere poco tiempo de estadía hospitalaria después del procedimiento. Una unidad de cirugía ambulatoria en coloproctología precisa, además de cirujanos coloproctólogos expertos...

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 ...