Publications by authors named "David Ambrona-Zafra"
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- Various neoadjuvant treatments for advanced colon cancer are becoming available, and effective preoperative staging is essential for choosing the right approach.
- A study involving 50 centers and 1,950 patients focused on the diagnostic accuracy of CT scans for T4 colon tumors, revealing significant limitations in terms of sensitivity and specificity for staging.
- The findings indicated that while CT had high accuracy for detecting peritoneal metastases, its overall performance for T4 staging and lymph node classification was inadequate, highlighting the need for improved diagnostic methods.
Introduction: Surgery and chemotherapy have increased the survival of pancreatic cancer. The decrease in postoperative morbidity and mortality and increase in life expectancy, has expanded the indications por cephalic pancreaticoduodenectomy (PDC), although it remains controversial in the geriatric population.
Methods: Retrospective study on a prospective database of patients with ductal adenocarcinoma of pancreas who underwent PDC between 2007-2018.
Introduction: Surgery and chemotherapy have increased the survival of pancreatic cancer. The decrease in postoperative morbidity and mortality and increase in life expectancy, has expanded the indications por cephalic pancreaticoduodenectomy (PDC), although it remains controversial in the geriatric population.
Methods: Retrospective study on a prospective database of patients with ductal adenocarcinoma of pancreas who underwent PDC between 2007-2018.
Meckel's diverticulum is present in 2% of the general population and its inverted presentation is rare. The most frequent complications are gastrointestinal hemorrhage, obstruction, intussusception and perforation. In general, these complications occur in the first two decades of life, and mostly before the fourth decade.
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