Body Composition and Biochemical Parameters of Nutritional Status: Correlation with Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Colorectal Cancer.

Up to 60% of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients develop malnutrition, affecting treatment effectiveness, increasing toxicity, postoperative complications, hospital stay, and worsening health-related quality of life (HRQOL). This cross-sectional study analyzed data from 48 women and 65 men with CRC. We correlated scores of the scales from the questionnaires EORTC (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer) Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (QLQ)-C30 and Colorectal Cancer module Colorectal 29 (QLQ-CR29) with patients' body composition and clinical and biochemical indicators of nutritional status.

Efficacy of metronidazole versus placebo in pain control after hemorrhoidectomy. Results of a controlled clinical trial.

Introduction: Hemorrhoidal disease occurs in 50% of people aged > 40 years and is the most common reason for anorectal surgery. Pain is the main complication. Multiple topical and systemic drugs have been investigated for pain control, but there is no ideal treatment.

[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.