SUMMARY: Endometriosis, defined as the presence of endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity, is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects between 8 % and 44 % of women of reproductive age. Occasionally it presents as a sensitive mass in the abdominal wall, in relation to a surgical sc...
Introduction: The cecum is the first part of the large bowel. Cecectomy is a sufficient treatment for some patients, avoiding overtreatment by ileocolic resection. Purpose:The goal of this study was to review a surgeon's experience with laparoscopic cecectomy and provide a technical video demonstration o...
Abstract Tumours of the appendix are rare and tend to be diagnosed incidentally, in cases of acute appendicitis. For some authors, appendiceal neuroendocrine tumours (ANETs) are the most frequent neoplasm of the appendix, observed in 0.3% to 0.9% of cases acute appendicitis. The present is a unicentric r...
Introducción: El mucocele es una dilatación apendicular por secreción mucosa secundaria a la obstrucción de la luz, su incidencia estimada es de 0,2-0,3 por ciento de todas las apendicectomías realizadas y el 8-10 por ciento de todos los tumores apendiculares. Objetivo: Presentar un caso inusual de...
INTRODUCTION: Femoral hernias have a high risk of strangulation or obstruction, and their acute presentations are associated with a high risk of mortality, occurring in up to 60% of cases with complications. The presence of the appendix within the femoral sac has been described in a maximum of 1% of case...
Abstract Introduction Crohn's Disease is a chronic and idiopathic inflammatory process with transmural invasion that can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract. The etiopathogenesis of this pathology is not fully understood and studies have been carried out to understand the influence of different kin...
ABSTRACT The incidence of tumors in the appendix has increased over the years, and they are mainly found in the anatomical and pathological examination of appendices operated due to acute appendicitis. The annual incidence of neuroendocrine tumors of the appendix, also called carcinoid tumors, is 0.15-0....
RESUMEN El epónimo hernia De Garengeot queda reservado para describir la presencia del apéndice cecal dentro de un saco herniario crural. Es infrecuente el hallazgo del apéndice dentro del canal femoral, situación que se presenta en el 0.9 % de las hernias femorales. La presencia de apendicitis dentr...
Hernia Femoral/diagnóstico,
Hernia Femoral/cirugía,
Hernia Abdominal/historia,
Hernia Inguinal/cirugía,
Apéndice/cirugía,
Apendicitis/diagnóstico,
Apendicitis/cirugía,
Apendicectomía,
Examen Físico,
Técnicas de Laboratorio Clínico,
Pruebas Diagnósticas de Rutina,
Biopsia/métodos,
Prótesis e Implantes,
Insuficiencia Cardíaca/patología
La incidencia de la hernia de Amyand es muy baja. Siempre es diagnosticada en el transoperatorio, resulta casi imposible de realizar durante el pre-operatorio. Paciente femenina de 75 años de edad, con antecedentes de hernia inguinal derecha recidivante. Comenzó con dolor en epigastrio y en región ing...
Objetivo: Dar a conocer una rara presentación de una patología frecuente. Caso clínico: Presentamos el caso de un paciente de 27 años de edad con clínica de apendicitis aguda con antecedentes de haberse realizado 9 años atrás una apendicectomía, encontrándose un apéndice inflamado, en posición...
