Results: 52

Continuous peritoneal lavage with vacuum peritoneostomy: an experimental study

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVE: Despite advances in diffuse peritonitis treatment protocols, some cases develop unfavorably. With the advent of vacuum therapy, the use of laparostomy to treat peritonitis has gained traction. Another treatment modality is continuous peritoneal lavage. However, maintaining this technique is di...

Tratamiento mínimamente invasivo de una lesión de la vía biliar secundaria a un traumatismo abdominal cerrado: Caso clínico

Arch. argent. pediatr; 116 (6), 2018
Las lesiones hepáticas y de las vías biliares por causa traumática son poco usuales en la edad pediátrica. Del total de pacientes con trauma abdominal cerrado, menos del 9 % presentan lesión hepática, y la frecuencia varía entre el 2 % y el 3 % de la lesión de las vías biliares. Actualmente, el ...

Spontaneous rupture of right gastroepiploic artery aneurysm: a rare cause of hemorrhagic shock. case report

Säo Paulo med. j; 136 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT CONTEXT: Aneurysms of the gastroepiploic arteries are seen only rarely. They are usually diagnosed during autopsy or laparotomy in patients with hemodynamic instability. Although the operation to treat this condition is relatively easy, delay in making the diagnosis affects the course of the di...

Observaciones críticas en torno al ganglio centinela en el cáncer colorrectal
Critical observations about the sentinel lymph node in colorectal cancer

Introducción: La identificación del ganglio centinela durante el tratamiento quirúrgico del cáncer colorrectal puede ayudar a la correcta estadificación posoperatoria y trascender a la quimioterapia adyuvante en el seguimiento a fin de mejorar la supervivencia de estos enfermos. Objetivo: Identifica...

Thoracotomy compared to laparotomy in the traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. Systematic review and proportional methanalysis

Acta cir. bras; 33 (1), 2018
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the most used approach to treat traumatic diaphragmatic ruptures, and in which one the requirement to assess the second cavity is more frequent. Methods: Systematic review, observational studies. Outcomes: moment of approach, most commonly via addressed and the requirement...

Evaluation of radiofrequency electronic system in intraoperative monitoring of surgical textiles

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective To test performance of SurgiSafe®, a radiofrequency electronic device to detect surgical textiles during operations as compared to manual counting. Methods Surgical sponges with radiofrequency TAGs were placed in the abdominal cavity of a pig submitted to laparotomy, in randomly dis...

Insuflación con aguja de Veress en punto de Palmer, hasta presión intraabdominal de 25 mmHg. Técnica para mejorar la seguridad del acceso laparoscópico ginecológico
Veress needle inflation at Palmer's point, up to intra-abdominal pressure of 25 mmHg. Technique to improve the safety of gynecological laparoscopic access

RESUMEN Objetivos: El objetivo del estudio es observar los beneficios de la entrada laparoscópica con trocar para la óptica, tras la insuflación previa con aguja de Veress en punto de Palmer, hasta conseguir una presión intraabdominal de 25 mmHg. Material y método: Estudio prospectivo de 115 cirug...

Cistoadenoma mucinoso gigante de ovario de bajo grado de malignidad
Giant mucinous ovarian cystadenoma of low malignancy

El cistoadenoma mucinoso de ovario representa aproximadamente 15 por ciento de las lesiones neoplásicas benignas de ovario y en 5 por ciento de los casos pueden ser bilaterales. Suele manifestarse en edades medias de la vida y son poco frecuentes en la edad pediátrica y en la adolescencia. El objetivo ...

Minimal abdominal incisions

ABSTRACT Minimally invasive procedures aim to resolve the disease with minimal trauma to the body, resulting in a rapid return to activities and in reductions of infection, complications, costs and pain. Minimally incised laparotomy, sometimes referred to as minilaparotomy, is an example of such minimall...

Vertical gastrectomy in overweight and non-overweight rats

Acta cir. bras; 31 (10), 2016
ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To compare the two lines suture (total and seromuscular) after partial gastrectomy in normal and overweight rats. METHODS: Forty Wistar rats were distributed in two groups. Group A received normal diet; group B, normal diet and supplementation with saccharose in the water. When group ...