[Umbilical artery thrombosis. A report of a case and review of the literature].

The thrombosis of the umbilical vessels is associated to high prenatal mortality. The arterial occlusion can compromise the maternal-fetal circulation with the neonatal death. Only two cases are reported in the literature with antepartum diagnosis and neonatal survival.

Intestinal adhesion to the abdominal wall after skin closure with octylcyanoacrylate.

Octylcyanoacrylate tissue adhesive glue is a wound closure device recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

[Presacral neurectomy and uterine nerve ablation in chronic pelvic pain. Laparoscopic management. A comparative study].

Chronic pelvic pain is a difficult handling medical and surgical condition and of transcendent importance to women who suffer from it. This condition has been associated to different diseases as endometriosis, adenomiosis, adnexal mass, pelvic inflammatory disease, pelvic adhesive disease. The present study was carried out comparing two laparoscopic surgical methods in an randomized way; laparoscopic uterine nerve ablation and a presacral neurectomy, with 12 patients in each group and a follow up of 12 mont.