Publications by authors named "Manuel Vazquez Romero"
Background: The partial diversion of intestinal contents facilitates achieving and maintaining weight loss and improving glycemic control in patients with obesity and with or without T2DM. The purpose of this study is to report our experience and 1-year follow-up with novel modification of SADI-S.
Methods: This study is a part of a multicentric trial of patients that underwent primary side-to-side duodeno-ileostomy and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) with GT metabolic solutions magnetic anastomosis system.
The association of intestinal and portal pneumatosis in the same patient usually occurs in intestinal ischemic-necrotic processes, with ominous prognosis. However, there are forms of presentation outside this context, with a radically different management and evolution. We present the case of a patient with portal and gastric pneumatosis, managed conservatively successfully.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: there is little scientific evidence on the outcomes of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) performed in low-volume hospitals; however, in our country, it is growing up its implementation. The objectives of our study were to evaluate the efficacy and safety of this technique performed by two endoscopists with basic training in a center of this nature and analyze the learning curve in the first procedures.
Patients And Methods: single-center retrospective study of the first 200 ERCP performed in our hospital (analyzing the evolution between the first 100 and 100 following procedures), comparing them with the quality standards proposed in the literature.
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a low-grade vascular tumor, with four main variants, one of which is fairly prevalent in HIV-infected patients. Mucocutaneus and lymph node involvement is characteristic. The gastrointestinal tract is involved in 40% of patients, but rectal and anal canal involvement is exceptional.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetformin is an oral antidiabetic agent frequently used to manage type II diabetes. This drug produces nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms in 5-20% of patients and, more rarely, has also been associated with severe adverse effects such as lactic acidosis. Only a few isolated cases of hepatotoxicity due to this drug have been documented.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Diagnosis of Wilson's disease (WD) is reliant on liver biopsy (LB) and measurement of hepatic copper. The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of penicillamine-stimulated urinary copper excretion (PS-UCE), a non-invasive diagnostic test, for the diagnosis of WD in adults.
Material And Methods: In this prospective study of patients with suspected WD, total serum copper, ceruloplasmin, basal 24-h UCE and PS-UCE levels were measured.
Background And Objective: Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) displays an important phenotypic variability and is a disease influenced by many factors.
Patients And Method: We included 88 patients with HH. Main clinical and laboratory data were analyzed, and the influence of 6 variables on intensity of iron overload was evaluated.
Background And Objective: We intended to analyze the influence of Helicobacter pylori eradication on the clinical evolution of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria.
Patients And Method: The evolution of dermatological symptoms after eradication was studied in a group of 55 patients previously diagnosed with chronic idiopathic urticaria who were infected by Helicobacter pylori.
Results: There was a partial or complete improvement in 74.