Giant sarcoma of the prostate stroma: Clinical, radiological and histopathological analysis of a rare prostatic cancer.

Prostate sarcoma is extremely rare, comprising less than 0.1 % of prostate cancers. A 61-year-old male presented to the emergency department with urinary retention and hematuria.

[Patient survival scale after kidney transplant from deceased donors in Veracruz, Mexico].

Background: The Estimated Post Transplant Survival (EPTS) score is calculated based on age, the presence of diabetes mellitus, years on dialysis, and prior organ transplant. The EPTS score has been validated in other countries.

Objective: To apply and assess the EPTS score in our population of deceased-donor kidney transplants.

[Factores de riesgo asociados a las complicaciones y a la falla terapéutica en las reconstrucciones de lesiones de vía biliar secundarias a colecistectomía].

Antecedentes: Las lesiones de vías biliares por colecistectomía son una complicación seria. Numerosos factores alteran el resultado de su reconstrucción.

MÉtodo: Evaluación de la reconstrucción de lesiones de vía biliar y sus factores de riesgo (de enero de 2008 a enero de 2017).

Correlation between preoperative serum alpha-fetoprotein levels and survival with respect to the surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma at a tertiary care hospital in Veracruz, Mexico.

Introduction: Preoperative serum alpha-fetoprotein levels can have predictive value for hepatocellular carcinoma survival.

Aim: Our aim was to analyze the correlation between preoperative serum alpha-fetoprotein levels and survival, following the surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Methods: Nineteen patients were prospectively followed (07/2005-01/2016).

[Implementation of a clinical prediction tool in renal transplant recipients].

Background: Kasiske developed a tool for predicting the risk of 5-year graft loss. We analyzed our results using this model.

Methods: 109 deceased donor kidney transplants were included.