[Orange oily anal leakage: a new entity linked to dietary changes].

Introduction: Information is accumulating on exceptional cases of oily orange anal leakage, probably caused by certain foods and their form of consumption. The leakage is usually inadvertent and is worrisome for patients.

Method: Clinical data was gathered on a case series presenting with massive and inadvertent orange oily anal leakage, without sphincter sensation, causing the patients to feel alarmed.

Laparoscopic gastroplasty. Technique and preliminary results in patients with morbid obesity.

Morbid obesity is an aesthetic, social and psychological problem, with characteristic morbidity and mortality. Surgical treatment has been developed due to the high failure rate of medical treatment. In our previous experience with 40 patients, open transverse gastroplasty reinforced with mesh, has been found to be a good procedure to deal with this problem, with very few postoperative complications.

Laparoscopic highly selective vagotomy: technical considerations and preliminary results in 119 patients with duodenal ulcer or gastroesophageal reflux disease.

The technical considerations and preliminary results of 119 patients submitted to laparoscopic highly selective vagotomy are presented. There were 33 with duodenal ulcers, 31 with duodenal ulcers plus gastroesophageal reflux, and 55 with gastroesophageal reflux. Operating time varied from 120 to 160 minutes.