[Planning, management and results of the implantation of laparoscopic surgery of the colon and rectum in a general hospital].

Introduction: The introduction of laparoscopic surgery in a hospital is a slow process requiring the involvement of a multidisciplinary team.

Patients And Method: We performed a prospective, descriptive study of all patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery of the colon and rectum in the Mataró Hospital between 2003 and 2006. We also describe the model used to introduce laparoscopic surgery of the colon and rectum in our center.

[Intestinal endometriosis. Current status].

Endometriosis affects a wide spectrum of premenopausal women. Intestinal involvement, affecting mainly the large bowel and sometimes the small bowel, is much less frequent. Diagnosis is relatively straightforward in women with long standing pelvic endometriosis but is difficult in acute intestinal obstruction, since a diagnosis of endometriosis is not often considered in this entity.

[Diverticular disease of the cecal appendix].

Introduction: Appendiceal diverticula are uncommon, with an incidence of less than 1% in surgical specimens. We report a series of 14 patients with diverticular disease of the cecal appendix.

Patients And Method: A total of 547 patients with a clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis underwent surgery over 4 years.