Inferior vena cava injuries: Are we doing what we really must?

Objectives: The inferior vena cava (IVC) is one of the most frequent injured intra-abdominal vessels and its treatment requires prompt action. Despite advances in reanimation in last decades, there has not been proportional improvement in IVC mortality. This report aims to discuss the mortality predictive factors including the adherence to balanced reanimation and damage control surgery (DCS) in daily trauma assistance, their repercussions on outcomes, comparing our institution outcomes to literature.

Importance of multidisciplinary trauma prevention program for youth.

Objective: present the experience of the P.A.R.

Acute intestinal obstruction due to gallstone ileus.

Objective: To perform a systematic review of the history, available image exams and clinical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of gallstone ileus.

Method: Retrospective study in a university hospital including all cases of SBO treated over a period of 23 years. According to the surgical treatment the patients were divided into two groups: (1) enterolithotomy with cholecystectomy performed later (two-stage surgery); and (2) enterolithotomy, cholecystectomy and fistula closure (one-stage surgery).