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Síndrome de Rapunzel con doble tricobezoar simultáneo en una adolescente: Reporte de caso

Rev. chil. pediatr; 89 (1), 2018
Resumen: Introducción: Los tricobezoares son acúmulos intraluminales de cabello ingerido. El síndrome de Rapunzel hace referencia a la presencia de los tricobezoares gástricos que se extienden al intestino delgado, sumados a la tricotilomanía y tricofagia, los cuales ocurren preferentemente en pac...

Rotinas e condutas em cirurgias para as doenças malignas e benignas do esôfago, estômago e duodeno

Resumo: As doenças que acometem o trato digestivo alto, mais precisamente o esôfago, estômago e duodeno revestem-se de grande importância não só devido à relevância epidemiológica (com incidências elevadas e crescentes), mas também pela intensidade dos sintomas e a gravidade das complicações...

Eus-fna with 19 or 22 gauges needles for gastric subepithelial lesions of the muscle layer

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 31 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT Background: Tissue diagnosis is required for gastric subepithelial lesions for differential diagnosis of GISTs. However, there has not been consensus about the best needle for EUS-guided sampling of these lesions. Aim: To evaluate the diagnostic yield of EUS-FNA for gastric subepithelial les...

Pharyngo-ileo-colo-anastomosis with micro-vascular blood supply augmentation for esophago-gastric replacement due to esophago-gastric necrosis after caustic ingestion

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 31 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Background : Complete esophago-gastric necrosis after caustic ingestion is a challenging surgical scenario for reconstruction of the upper digestive transit. Aim : To present a surgical technique for reconstruction of the upper digestive tract after total esophagectomy and gastrectomy due ...

Comparación cualitativa de diferentes medios de cultivo y condiciones de siembra para el aislamiento primario de Helicobacter pylori a partir de biopsia gástrica obtenidas de pacientes dispépticos

Rev. med. Risaralda; 23 (2), 2017
El cultivo de Helicobacter pylori es indispensable para estudiar la sensibilidad de las cepas a distintos agentes antimicrobianos, realizar pruebas diagnósticas y evaluar su toxicidad y virulencia, además, preservar los aislamientos con fines inve stigati vos futuros. Bajo condiciones óptimas, el cult...

Pre and postoperative ph monitoring and weight loss analysis in patients undergoing gastric plication in association with fundoplication

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 30 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Background : Obese patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease with pathological pH monitoring result may benefit from surgical treatment which is based on the fundoplication technique in association with laparoscopic gastric plication. The Nissen surgery is the gold standard for surgical tr...

Síndrome de Rapunzel en una adolescente: causa de suboclusión intestinal

Rev. chil. cir; 69 (5), 2017
Resumen Objetivo: Presentar un caso de síndrome de Rapunzel. Esta es una enfermedad poco frecuente que consiste en una variante de tricobezoar gástrico que se extiende hasta la segunda porción del duodeno. Caso clínico: Paciente femenina adolescente con antecedentes de atresia tricuspídea tratada ...

Use of ultrasound for gastric volume evaluation after ingestion of different volumes of isotonic solution

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 67 (4), 2017
Abstract Background and objectives: The current preoperative fasting guidelines allow fluid intake up to 2 h before surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the gastric volume of volunteers after an overnight fast and compare it with the gastric volume 2 h after ingestion of 200 and 500 mL of isot...

Helicobacter pylori en agua potable ¿Es la ruta de la infección?
Helicobacter pylori in drinking water Is it the route of infection?

Acta méd. colomb; 42 (2), 2017
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) es una bacteria Gram negativa, microaerofílica, que infecta el estómago humano desde 100 000 años (1). Fue visto inicialmente en 1893 (2); sin embargo, se aisló y cultivó por primera vez en 1983, por Marshall y Warren (3, 4). Por su hallazgo, estos científicos austra...

Intrathoracic stomach mimicking bone metastasis from thyroid cancer in whole-body iodine-131 scan diagnosed by SPECT/CT

SUMMARY The whole-body iodine-131 scintigraphy is an imaging technique in monitoring patients with a history of thyroid cancer. Although the rate of false positives is negligible, it is not nonexistent. We report the case of an intervened and treated patient for thyroid cancer with good clinical and bioc...