[Manometric characteristics in children with chronic constipation and acquired anorectal pathology].

Objective: To describe the anorectal manometry results in the pediatric population with chronic constipation and acquired anorectal disease.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed the records of children who were referred to the Motility and Pelvic Floor Laboratory of the Hospital San Jose Tecnologico de Monterrey between 2004-2016 for further evaluation with anorectal manometry and who presented acquired anorectal disease.

Results: We reviewed 170 records.

Prevalence of high-grade perineal tear during labor in Mexican adolescents.

Introduction: There is a high rate of deliveries in adolescents in Mexico. This age group is vulnerable to obstetric complications, including lacerations of the anal sphincter.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of third and fourth degree perineal tears in adolescents during childbirth, and to evaluate risk factors in comparison with deliveries with lacerations of adult women.

Fast Morphological Gallbladder Changes Triggered by a Hypercholesterolemic Diet.

Introduction And Aim: Obesity is a worldwide epidemic problem, described as a risk factor for hepatic diseases, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and other pathologies related to development of cholesterol crystals and cholesterol gallbladder stones. It has been reported that cholesterol overload may cause hepatic damage; however, little is known about the effects of an acute hypercholesterolemic diet on the gallbladder. The aim of this manuscript was to evaluate the impact of a cholesterol-rich diet on the gallbladder.

[Frequency of fecal incontinence and its impact on the quality of life of the hospitalized geriatric patient].

Objective: To determine the frequency of fecal incontinence and the impact on the quality of life of hospitalized geriatric patients in a sample from a level two hospital in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

Materials And Methods: Hospitalized patients over 60 years of age or their caregivers were questioned about the presence of fecal incontinence. Those who responded affirmatively and could respond were given the following questionnaires and scales: Mini-Mental, Rockwood quality of life for fecal incontinence and Wexner scale modified for severity of incontinence; in addition to clinical data.

Totally endoscopic implant to effect a gastric bypass: 12-month safety and efficacy outcomes.

Background: Only a small percentage of candidates for bariatric surgery ever undergo a procedure for weight loss. Devices duplicating key effects of bariatric surgeries with removable, fully trans-oral implants could extend their benefits to patients unwilling to undergo anatomy-altering abdominal surgeries.

Methods: Thirty-two obese subjects (mean BMI: 42.

Frequency and findings of the acquired anorectal disease in the pediatric population with chronic constipation.

Sanchez-Avila MT, Garcia-Valencia OA, Rivas-Calderon M, Morales-Garza LA, Jacobo-Velazquez P, Chavez-Caraza KL. Frequency and findings of the acquired anorectal disease in the pediatric population with chronic constipation. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 547-553.

Experimental approach to IGF-1 therapy in CCl-induced acute liver damage in healthy controls and mice with partial IGF-1 deficiency.

Background: Cell necrosis, oxidative damage, and fibrogenesis are involved in cirrhosis development, a condition in which insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) levels are diminished. This study evaluates whether the exogenous administration of low doses of IGF-1 can induce hepatoprotection in acute carbon tetrachloride (CCl)-induced liver damage compared to healthy controls (Wt Igf ). Additionally, the impact of IGF-1 deficiency on a damaged liver was investigated in mice with a partial deficit of this hormone (Hz Igf1 ).

Impact of Nutritional Intervention on Length of Hospital Stay and Mortality among Hospitalized Patients with Malnutrition: A Clinical Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a nutritional intervention on hospital stay and mortality among hospitalized patients with malnutrition.

Methods: Hospitalized patients with a diagnosis of malnutrition were enrolled and randomly allocated to either an intervention or control group. Participants in the intervention group received an individualized nutrition plan according to energy and protein (1.

Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Deficiency and Cirrhosis Establishment.

Cirrhosis represents the final stage of chronic liver damage, which can be due to different factors such as alcohol, metabolic syndrome with liver steatosis, autoimmune diseases, drugs, toxins, and viral infection, among others. Nowadays, cirrhosis is an important health problem and it is an increasing cause of morbidity and mortality, being the 14th most common cause of death worldwide. The physiopathological pathways that lead to fibrosis and finally cirrhosis partly depend on the etiology.

[Correlation between the presence and intensity of symptoms and the results of hydrogen breath tests in the diagnosis of carbohydrate intolerance].

Background: Hydrogen breath tests (HBT) are used to confirm the diagnosis of carbohydrate intolerance or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO).

Objective: Determine the existence of a correlation between the presence and intensity of symptoms experimented by the patient after the ingestion of a carbohydrate load and the test result.

Materials And Methods: This is an observational, retrospective and analytic study, in which all patients' files from year 2008 to 2014 containing a report of a HBT performed at Hospital San José TEC de Monterrey were revised.

Black bean extract ameliorates liver fibrosis in rats with CCl4-induced injury.

Unlabelled: We assessed the anti-fibrotic effects of methanolic black bean extract antioxidants in a carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) liver injury model in rats. Experimentally intoxicated animals received CCl4 for eight weeks, the reference and test groups received daily intragastric quercetin or daily intragastric black bean extract. Liver fibrosis was assessed and quantified using morphometric analysis.

[Manometry and defecography in constipated patients with dyschezia].

Background: Constipation is one of the most frequent disorders in Gastroenterology. Radiologic and physiologic studies are essential to the diagnosis and treatment of constipated patients.

Objective: We aimed to assess the usefulness of manometry and defecography in constipated patients with suspect of dyssynergic defecation.