Solid pseudopapilar neoplasm of the pancreas.

Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas is a rare entity, more frequent in women between the 2 and 4 decades. The diagnosis is usually incidental and it can be reached by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. Subsequent pathological confirmation is necessary for an adequate treatment.

[Accelerated recovery in elective laparoscopic colorectal surgery: two years of experience. ].

Background: Accelerated recovery protocols in colorectal surgery have enhanced the perioperative cares optimizing recovery in this group of patients. A reduction in surgical stress and therefore early hospital discharge and lower morbidity is pursued, however, the literature offers few outcomes regarding its application in developing countries.

Objective: to analyze short- and medium-term outcomes of the application of an accelerated recovery protocol in a terciary care hospital in Argentina.

Efficacy and reproducibility of lymphatics mapping technique with sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma.

Introduction: The study of the Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) in Melanoma is a procedure that aims the identification of the first node to which the affected cutaneous sector drains in order to avoid unnecessary lymphadenectomies. The present study documents the frequency of identification of SLN; the relationship between positive SLN (PSLN) and recurrence, between the Breslow index (BI) and PSLN, and between BI and disease recurrence.

Method: We analyzed the records of 148 patients with melanoma stages I and II undergoing lymphatic mapping and GC biopsy from 1999 to 2017 in a third level institution in Córdoba, Argentina.

Impact on Dyslipidemia After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Background: Improvement of dyslipidemia is an important benefit of bariatric surgery. The benefits of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) among dyslipidemia are still a matter of debate.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive study between 2010 and 2013.

Iatrogenic injury of the intrathoracic oesophagus with bougie during sleeve gastrectomy.

One of the most popular procedures amongst obesity surgery is the sleeve gastrectomy. There is international consensus regarding the usage of bougie for sleeve gastrectomy calibration. Nevertheless, there is a dissociation between the number of oesophageal perforations reported for any other oesophageal/gastric operation that requires bougie (e.