Emergency surgical treatment for active bleeding and anemia in patients with hemorrhoidal disease.

Introduction: The purpose of the study is to describe the clinical and surgical characteristics of patients with hemorrhoidal disease (HD), anemia, and active bleeding in need of urgent surgery.

Methods: It is a descriptive, retrospective study of 510 patients between 2015 and 2019. Male and female patients diagnosed with HD.

Ulcerative colitis: epidemiology, clinical features and associated factors with surgical treatment in a tertiary hospital in Mexico.

Background: An increase incidence of ulcerative colitis (UC) has been reported in Mexico. It is important to know the clinical features of patients with UC, their clinical course, need for surgical treatment and outcomes.

Objective: To describe the demographic and clinical features of patients with UC, emphasizing the factors associated with the need for surgical treatment.

Quality of life in ostomized patients.

Background: Ostomized patients usually have some concerns such as absence of sphincter control, noisy bowel movements, changes in passage of gas, social discomfort due to odors, concerns about bag filling, peristomal and skin irritation as well as psychological changes such as body image distortion, among others, that will determine quality of life. We undertook this study to measure quality of life in ostomized patients attending the Coloproctology Unit in Hospital General de México.

Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional descriptive study from January 1, 2009 to May 29, 2009 in ostomized patients.