Ferritin, Serum Iron and Hemoglobin as Acute Phase Reactants in Laparoscopic and Open Surgery of Cholecystectomy: An Observational Prospective Study.

Cytokines are expressed by various cells after several stimuli such as surgical tissue damage, producing a systemic inflammatory response (SIR). C-reactive protein (CRP) is used extensively in clinical practice after operative injury, but proinflammatory cytokines, iron status, albumin, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (N/L) ratio and hemoglobin, as acute phase reactants, have been poorly documented. This study aims to show how they behave after surgery, comparing laparoscopic (LC) versus open cholecystectomy (OC).

Descriptive study of diving injuries in the Canary Islands from 2008 to 2017.

Introduction: This research reports the epidemiology of diving injuries managed in the Hyperbaric Medicine Unit of the Canary Islands University Hospital.

Methods: Data were extracted from the clinical records of all divers injured and admitted to the unit for treatment of dysbaric diving injuries between 2008 and 2017, inclusive.

Results: One-hundred and thirty diving injuries were recorded.

Clinicopathological differences between familial colorectal cancer type X and sporadic cancer in an isolated area of spain.

Aim: Very few studies have compared the epidemiological characteristics of patients with familial colorectal cancer Type X (FCCTX) with those of sporadic colorectal cancer (S-CRC). The aim of this study was to compare clinicopathological characteristics and survival between FCCTX and S-CRC in patients from a historically isolated geographical region.

Method: A retrospective study was carried out of patients with S-CRC and FCCTX treated in the Canary Islands.