[Diaphragmatic traumatic hernia].

Background: Traumatic diaphragmatic hernias commonly occur after blunt and penetrating trauma. Due to coexisting injuries and the silent nature of the diaphragmatic injuries, the diagnosis is easily missed. We undertook this study to describe the clinical characteristics of consecutive patients with traumatic diaphragmatic hernias treated surgically at our institution.

[Peritoneal and intestinal tuberculosis: an ancestral disease that poses new challenges in the technological era. Case report and review of the literature].

Unlabelled: Tuberculosis is a public health problem. The most common presentation is pulmonary disease. The diagnosis of any extrapulmonary forms are quite difficult.

[Academic medicine and gender: women in surgical specialities].

Scientific advances have always been used as a measure to place societies in the context of developed and developing countries. This circumstance has directly influenced the division among the sexes and among social strata. Traditionally women have been relegated to an inferior status and in some instances their role as active participants in social and economic development has been annulled.

[Restorative proctocolectomy with J-pouch reservoir. Experience in a national medical center].

Objective: To present the experience for morbidity and mortality of surgical treatment of chronic ulcerative colitis (CUC) and familiar adenomatous polyposis (FAP) with restorative proctocolectomy with J-pouch.

Material And Methods: We used a cases series of patients treated consecutively from January 1993 to December 2003. Selection criteria were patients with J-pouch restorative proctocolectomy with CUC and FAP who were treated and assessed prospectively.

[Bursting pressure in normal and ischemic colonic anastomoses in rats; using biological and synthetic adhesives].

Objective: We wanted to determine bursting pressure in normal and ischemic colonic anastomoses in rats as well as the frequency and type of complications with the use of biological and synthetic adhesives.

Material And Methods: We designed an experimental study using 80 Sprague-Dawley rats, weighing between 200 and 250 g, divided into four groups: one control group and three study groups. Anastomoses were realized using one layer of interrupted 6-0 polypropylene sutures.

[Surgical reinterventions in neck after elective procedures].

Objective: Our objective was to determine the frequency of surgical reinterventions for recurrence or disease persistence after elective surgical procedures of the neck.

Methods: We used a transversal and comparative study, accomplished during a 6-year period. Emergency initial surgical procedures were excluded.

[The role of long-acting release (LAR) depot octreotide as adjuvant management of short bowel disease].

Introduction: Short bowel syndrome (SBS) comprises sequelaes of nutrient, fluid, and weight loss that occur subsequent to greatly reduced functional surface area of small intestine. Maintenance of fluid and electrolyte homeostasis in patients with SBS is often difficult; additional intravenous (i.v.

[Detection of thyroid pathology during surgical exploration of the neck for primary hyperthyroidism].

Objective: Our objective was to determine prevalence of incidental thyroid pathology during surgical treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism and to compare sensitivity and specificity of surgical neck exploration with histologic study of resected thyroid gland to confirm unsuspected pathologies.

Material And Methods: This was prospective cohort study performed at the Specialty Hospital's Department of Endocrine Surgery at the Mexican Institute of Social Security's (IMSS's) Centro Médico de Occidente in Guadalajara, Jalisco State between 1995 and 2003. All were submitted to bilateral neck exploration under general anesthesia.