Neutrophil- and Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratio as Biomarkers of Severity in Complicated Diverticular Disease.

Introduction: Diverticulitis is a prevalent gastrointestinal disease that may require surgical intervention. The aim of the study was to investigate the involvement of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) as biomarkers of severity in complicated diverticular disease (CDD) in Mexican patients and their correlation with the need for surgical intervention, the length of hospital stay, and mortality.

Material And Methods: An observational, longitudinal, and retrospective study performed from 2017 to 2021 was considered in patients over 18 years of age, with a diagnosis of CDD by using computed tomography and with a hemogram taken in the first 24 hours upon admission to the emergency department to describe the sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values (PPV and NPV, respectively) of NLR and PLR in the CDD.

Zaragoza technique of laparoscopic appendicectomy.

Introduction: Appendectomy is one of the most frequent emergency surgical procedures, currently with a preference for laparoscopic management worldwide.

Objective: To report a new laparoscopic appendectomy technique and its results.

Material And Methods: Cohort study of patients with a diagnosis of appendicitis who are managed laparoscopically.

GIST associated with von recklinghausen disease: Report of two cases and review of literature.

Introduction And Importance: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), or Von Recklinghausen's disease, is an autosomal dominant condition that affects the central nervous system. Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) refers to non-epithelial tumors of the gastrointestinal tract lacking smooth muscle structural features and schwann cell immunohistochemical characteristics. The risk of patients with NF1 to develop a GIST is 7%.

Dormia basket impacted during ERCP, resolved by laparoscopic bile duct approach: Case report.

Introduction: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the method of choice for treating and removing common bile duct (CBD) stones with high success rates. Among the adverse effects, impaction of the Dormia basket when removing the stones is an unusual complication.

Case Presentation: Two cases of choledocholithiasis with endoscopic treatment by ERCP and Dormia basket impaction, resolved by a laparoscopic approach to the bile duct.

Total gastrectomy in a case of complicated gastric volvulus: Case report and review of literature.

Unlabelled: INTRODUCCIóN: Gastric volvulus is characterized by a rotation, in its long or short axis, generating various degrees of obstruction, which can occur acutely or chronically.

Case: A 45-year-old female. Refers to the performance of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication 4 years ago.

[Round ligament cyst simulating incarcerated inguinal hernia. Report of a case].

Background: Round ligament cysts are rare lesions, often diagnosed as irreducible inguinal hernias. Most patients are in the third to fourth decade of life, but they can occur in younger patients. They are usually clinically asymptomatic or tend to produce subtle symptoms such as pain, discomfort, or a feeling of heaviness, and swelling.

[Experience in management of trauma-related acute abdomen at the "General Ignacio Zaragoza" Regional Hospital in Mexico City].

Objective: To know the current state of surgical management of patients with abdominal trauma.

Material And Methods: We carried out a retrospective, observational, transversal study involving patients with abdominal trauma with clinical files wtih trauma who required surgery during the period of April 1, 1998 through March 30, 2003.

Results: There were 72 cases including nine male and 33 female patients.