Incidental versus non-incidental thyroid carcinoma: Clinical presentation, surgical management and prognosis.

Background And Objective: Thyroid cancer may be clinically evident as a tumor mass in the neck or as a histopathological incidental finding after thyroid surgery for an apparent benign condition. Our objective was to assess the differences in clinical signs, surgical management, and course between incidental and clinically diagnosed thyroid tumors.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on patients operated on for benign or malignant thyroid disease from January 2000 to March 2014.

Emergency endoscopy for gastrointestinal bleeding after bariatric surgery. Therapeutic algorithm.

Objective: Gastrointestinal bleeding (GB) is a potential complication after bariatric surgery and its frequency is around 2-4% according to the literature. The aim of this study is to present our experience with GB after bariatric surgery, its presentation and possible treatment options by means of an algorithm.

Patients And Method: From January 2004 to December 2012, we performed 300 consecutive laparoscopic bariatric surgeries.

Gastrojejunal anastomotic stenosis after laparoscopic gastric bypass. Experience in 280 cases in 8 years.

Objective: Gastrojejunal stricture (GYS), not only is a common complication after laparoscopic gastric bypass, but its frequency is about 15% according to bibliography. Our aim is to present our experience after 280 laparoscopic gastric bypass.

Patients And Method: From January 2004 to December 2012, 280 patients underwent a laparoscopic Roux en Y gastric bypass with creation of the gastrojejunal anastomosis is performed with circular stapler type CEAA No 21 in 265 patients and with a linear stapler in 15 patients.

[Complications and level of satisfaction after dermolipectomy and abdominoplasty post-bariatric surgery].

Background: Body contouring surgery is in high demand following the increase in bariatric surgery. But these types of procedures are associated with high complication rates that cause long hospital stays and have a negative effect on patient satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to identify predictors of complications in order to optimize outcomes in these patients and find a relationship between complication rate and satisfaction.

Unnoticed small bowel perforation as a complication of lumbar discectomy.

Background Context: Surgery for disc herniation is one of the most common traumas and neurosurgical procedures. Although discectomy has low morbidity, serious intra-abdominal complications can affect retroperitoneal structures, such as the large vessels, small intestine, and ureters.

Case Report: A 36-year-old woman in uncontrollable pain presented with left sciatic neuralgia in the L5 region.

Evaluation and monitoring of the clinical pathway for thyroidectomy.

The aim of this study is to present the evaluation and monitoring of a clinical pathway for thyroidectomy 1 year after its implementation and after 4 years' follow up. We compare the results of an evaluation and monitoring indicators series before and after the establishment of the clinical pathway for thyroidectomy in the Surgery Department of Morales Meseguer Hospital, a general university hospital in Murcia, Spain. Implementation of the clinical pathway led to a reduction in length of hospital stay for all the surgery patients (4.

[Evaluation of a clinical pathway for laparoscopic cholecystectomy].

Introduction: Clinical pathways are standardized plans for the integral care of specific processes. In March 2002, a clinical pathway for laparoscopic cholecystectomy was introduced in our service. The aim of the present study was to evaluate this pathway 1 year after its implementation.