Introduction: Patients with colonic obstruction are at risk for emergency resection, which is a risk factor for increased mortality and morbidity. In left-sided obstructive colon cancer, the principle of bridge-to-surgery is already recommended to reduce complications. From this treatment strategy, the o...
Resumen Objetivo: Conocer las diferentes conductas que realizan los cirujanos coloproctólogos latinoamericanos en relación con las urgencias colónicas. Materiales y Método: Estudio transversal, utilizando encuesta vía web con preguntas de selección múltiple. La encuesta fue enviada a las distintas...
OBJECTIVES: Intestinal obstruction has a high mortality rate when therapeutic treatment is delayed. Resuscitation in intestinal obstruction requires a large volume of fluid, and fluid combinations have been studied. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of hypertonic saline solution (HS) with pentoxifyllin...
Abstract Purpose: To develop an experimental model of intestinal ischemia and obstruction followed by surgical resection of the damaged segment and reestablishment of intestinal transit, looking at bacterial translocation and survival. Methods: After anesthesia, Wistar rats was subject to laparotomy,...
Se realizó un estudio longitudinal, prospectivo, de cohorte, de 191 pacientes con oclusión intestinal mecánica, operados en el Servicio de Cirugía del Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico "Saturnino Lora Torres" de Santiago de Cuba, desde enero de 2011 hasta diciembre de 2013, para identifi...
