ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: As age advances, a higher burden of comorbidities and less functional reserve are expected, however, the impact of aging in the surgical outcomes of gastric cancer (GC) patients is unknown. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate surgical outcomes of GC patients according ...
Abstract Introduction: Hypocalcemia is one of the most common complications after total thyroidectomy. Preoperative serum vitamin D concentration has been postulated as a risk factor for this complication. However, the subject is still controversial and the role of vitamin D in the occurrence of hypocal...
OBJETIVOS: analizar y presentar nuestros resultados en el tratamiento de
la litiasis renal mediante Nefrolitotricia Percutánea (NLP) ambulatoria en
un mismo centro.
MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS: entre agosto de 2013 y mayo de 2017 se realizó
una recolección prospectiva de datos de los pacientes sometidos a N...
Abstract Introduction: Postoperative acute kidney injury contributes to longer hospital stays and increased costs related to cardiac surgery in the elderly. We analyse the influence of the patient's age on risk factors for acute kidney injury after cardiac valve surgery. Methods: We evaluated the preva...
Abstract Objective To evaluate whether performing preoperative urodynamic study influences postoperative urinary symptoms of women with stress urinary incontinence that underwent transobturator sling. Methods Retrospective analysis of patients treated for stress urinary incontinence by transobturator...
Abstract Background Cardiac surgery causes pathophysiological changes that favor the occurrence of pulmonary and functional complications. Objective To investigate the effects of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) with an electronic device on patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Methods A randomized...
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To analyze abdominal drain on the first postoperative day and evaluate its predictive nature for the diagnosis of Pancreatic Fistula exclusion, seeking to establish a cutoff point from which lower values demonstrate safety in excluding the possibility of this complication. METHODS: F...
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: Metabolic changes caused by anxiety can interfere in both the surgery itself and the recovery process. One way to reassure the patient is to clarify how the procedure will be performed and discuss the possible complications. This study aimed to investigate the anxiety level of candida...
Resumen Durante las últimas décadas los avances en técnicas quirúrgicas, radioterapia y quimioterapia han logrado de forma significativa aumentar la sobrevida y disminuir la recidiva local en el cáncer de recto evitando una colostomía definitiva; sin embargo, este trascendental progreso médico no ...
INTRODUCCIÓN/OBJETIVO: La estrechez uretral puede causar síntomas
miccionales, dolor, disfunción vesical y eyaculatoria. La tasa de complicaciones en uretroplastía anterior es baja.
El principal objetivo es evaluar complicaciones del posoperatorio (pop)
inmediato (dentro de los 30 días pop). El obje...
