Accuracy of magnetic resonance enterography in the preoperative assessment of patients with Crohn's disease of the small bowel.

Aim: To assess the accuracy of magnetic resonance enterography in predicting the extension, location and characteristics of the small bowel segments affected by Crohn's disease.

Method: This is a prospective study including a consecutive series of 38 patients with Crohn's disease of the small bowel who underwent surgery at a specialized colorectal unit of a tertiary hospital. Preoperative magnetic resonance enterography was performed in all patients, following a homogeneous protocol, within the 3 months prior to surgery.

Use of a linear stapler for the treatment of ileocolic fistula in Crohn's disease.

Aim: The study reports an easy technique for surgical management of some forms of ileocolic fistula in Crohn's disease.

Method: Five patients with Crohn's disease with ileocolic fistula (2011-2014) have been managed by the application of linear stapler devices.

Results: Postoperative course was satisfactory in all patients.

[Computerized physician order entry of pharmacotherapeutic protocols in a colorectal surgery unit].

Introduction: Computerized physician order entry was introduced in our hospital. We present the pharmacotherapeutic protocols that we use in patient care.

Material And Methods: Six pharmaceutical protocols were designed by consensus in a colorectal surgery unit and were applied over a 2-year period.

[Perforation of hollow viscera in abdominal injuries].

Objective: This is a retrospective study to evaluate our results in the treatment of abdominal trauma.

Design: We have analysed the incidence, the clinical characteristics, the diagnosis, the indications for laparotomy, the therapeutic methods and the morbidity-mortality. During the last 14 years we have operated on 29 hollow viscus injuries.