[Diagnostic yield of pancreatic percutaneous puncture depending on the size of the lesion].

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to study the diagnostic efficacy of the percutaneous puncture of pancreatic tissue.

Material And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on patients with suspicion of pancreatic neoplasm, and with a percutaneous biopsy of pancreatic tissue, from 2000 to 2011. For the statistical comparative analysis, the sample was stratified by tumour size: ≤ 3cm and > 3cm.

Use of Foley's catheter to control port-site bleeding in bariatric surgery.

Abdominal wall bleeding in the port-site insertion placed during laparoscopic bariatric surgery is often difficult to control. From January 2005 to August 2011, 226 patients underwent bariatric surgery at our institutions. Seventeen patients (7.

[Use of Foley's catheter to control abdominal wall bleeding in the trocar insertion place during laparoscopic surgery].

Background: Abdominal wall bleeding in the port-site insertion place during laparoscopic surgery is sometimes difficult to control and can be associated with morbidity ranging from parietal pain up to haematoma and massive haemoperitoneum.

Patients And Methods: We perform a retrospective study of our experience in the management of the abdominal wall bleeding port-site using a Foley's catheter (24F), in those cases when haemostasis with electrocautery was not achieved.

Results: This technique was used in 35 patients (27 women and 8 men) with a mean age of 45,37 years (range 24-82 years).