Publications by authors named "Juan J Arenal"
Surgical site infection (SSI) remains an important problem in colorectal surgery. The aim of this study is to determine whether the use of a wound protection system can be effective in reducing the incidence of wound infection after colorectal resection. Ninety-five consecutive patients underwent colorectal resection, carried out by one single surgeon during a six-year period (2009-2015).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To determine the short-term results of abdominal surgery in nonagenarians.
Methods: Retrospective analyses of 193 patients aged 90 and older operated on for abdominal complaints during a 15-year period (1990-2004) in a 500-bed tertiary care institutional hospital and 100-bed rural institutional hospital in Spain. The factors analyzed included the following: perioperative risk, diagnosis, operative procedures, timing of operation (elective or emergency), morbidity, mortality, and length of hospital stay.
Introduction: Elderly patients with life-threatening abdominal disease are undergoing emergency surgery in increasing numbers, but emergency procedures generally are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We carried out a retrospective and prospective study at a tertiary centre in Spain to analyze the factors contributing to death after emergency abdominal surgery in elderly patients and to determine whether there were differences in the death rate between those aged 70-79 years and those aged 80 years and older.
Methods: The study population comprised 710 patients aged 70 years or older who underwent emergency surgery for intra-abdominal disorders.
Objective: To find out if the patients' age affects the treatment of abdominal hernias and the results in relation of the age increase.
Design: Retrospective and prospective study.
Setting: University hospital, Spain.