[Pancreatic metastases due to renal carcinoma. Our cases and a literature review].

Objective: To analyse the cases of pancreatic metastases due to renal carcinoma operated on in our hospital between the years 2000 and 2011.

Material And Methods: A retrospective study using the variables of 8 patients who were subjected to surgery of pancreatic metastases due to renal carcinoma, and a comparison of our data with those from the literature.

Results: The incidence of metastatic disease of the pancreas due to renal carcinoma in our series was 1.

[Radiation proctitis and chronic and refractory bleeding. Experience with 4% formaldehyde].

Introduction: Bleeding is a common complication of proctitis secondary to radiotherapy of pelvic tumours. Between 5 and 10% may become severe and refractory to topical and endoscopic treatment. Experience with the application of 4% formaldehyde is presented.

[Multiple vertical ligatures: A new approach to the treatment of haemorrhoidal disease grade III. Safety and efficacy study].

Introduction: The elastic ligature is the most used method for the out-patient treatment of haemorrhoids, with excellent results in control of bleeding. However, the recurrences in prolapse vary between 15 and 40%. We propose a new method for applying the elastic ligatures.

[Surgical approach to the locoregional recurrence of cancer of the rectum].

A literature review has been made on the pelvic recurrence of rectal cancer using the MedLine, Ovid, EMBASE, Cochrane and Cinahl data bases. Assessment of the locoregional recurrence must be made using imaging tests in order to rule out the presence of metastasis, as well as for locating its exact location within the pelvis. As the only curative treatment should be complete resection of the recurrence with negative margins, a pre-operative CT, NMR, endorectal ultrasound and PET-CT must be performed to determine its resectability.