Factors related to successful mesh salvage with negative pressure wound therapy: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Mesh salvage using negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in cases of mesh infection following hernia repair has emerged as an alternative to early mesh removal. However, the factors related to the success or failure of mesh salvage with NPWT remain unclear.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 61 patients with mesh infections after hernia repair treated with NPWT between 2018 and 2024.

Features and outcomes of rectal cancer patients treated in a hospital in Bogotá, Colombia: a retrospective cohort study.

Rectal cancer is an increasing disease worldwide. The outcomes of its treatment are related to the preoperative characteristics of the patient. The objective of this study was to describe sociodemographic, clinical and surgical characteristics and outcomes of patients operated on for rectal cancer at Hospital Universitario Mayor Méderi (HUM) during the period within 2013-2017.

Open versus percutaneous tracheostomy in patients with COVID-19: retrospective cohort analysis.

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, a great number of patients required Mechanical Ventilation (MV). Tracheostomy is the preferred procedure when difficult weaning is presented. Surgical techniques available for performing tracheostomy are open and percutaneous, with contradictory reports on the right choice.

Primary mesenteric neuroendocrine tumor: Case report.

Introduction And Importance: Neuroendocrine tumors most frequently originate from the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Their presentation in tissues other than the GIT and pancreas is usually due to metastatic involvement from lesions at these sites. There have been a few cases of neuroendocrine tumors identified in tissues such as the mesentery and peritoneum, without identification of a primary lesion supporting their origin as metastasis.

Gangliocytic paraganglioma in a 24-year-old male patient: an infrequent cause of gastrointestinal bleeding.

Los paragangliomas gangliocíticos son tumores neuroendocrinos infrecuentes del sistema gastrointestinal, generalmente de curso benigno y en la gran mayoría de los casos asintomáticos. Presentamos el caso de un paciente joven, previamente sano, quien consulta por dolor abdominal y hemorragia de vías digestivas altas. En la endoscopia de vías digestivas altas se evidencia una lesión pediculada en la segunda porción del duodeno.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with situs inversus totalis.

Antecedentes: El situs inversus totalis (SIT) es una condición congénita infrecuente, en la cual los órganos asimétricos del abdomen y el tórax presentan una disposición en espejo; su asociación con aneurismas de aorta abdominal (AAA) es inusual y supone un reto quirúrgico.

Caso ClÍnico: Presentamos el caso de una paciente con SIT y AAA, por lo que se decide llevar a reparación quirúrgica. El AAA en pacientes con SIT es infrecuente; en la literatura hay pocos casos reportados.