[Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia and Crohn's disease]. / Bronquiolitis obliterante con neumonía organizada y enfermedad de Crohn.

Extraintestinal respiratory manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are rare. We present a case of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) in a patient with Crohn s disease, with clinical remission with no drug therapy.

Bronquiolitis obliterante con neumonía organizada y enfermedad de Crohn / No disponible

Las manifestaciones extraintestinales respiratorias en la enfermedadinflamatoria intestinal (EII) son excepcionales. Presentamosun caso de bronquiolitis obliterante con neumonía organizada(BONO) en paciente con enfermedad de Crohn, en remisiónclínica sin tratamientos farmacológicos

Extraintestinal respiratory manifestations in inflammatory boweldisease (IBD) are rare. We present a case of bronchiolitis obliteransorganizing pneumonia (BOOP) in a patient with Crohn’sdisease, with clinical remission with no drug therapy

A new case of eosinophilic esophagitis.

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is a rarely diagnosed condition involving eosinophilic infiltration of the esophageal mucosa The hallmark of this condition is intermittent and often painful dysphagia that may become constant as the disease progresses. It was initially included within the more general condition known as eosinophilic gastroenteritis but it is now considered an independent entity. Attwood et al. called attention to eosinophilic esophagitis as a distinct clinical condition in 1993. Although eosinophilic esophagitis was thought to occur primarily in children, a significant body of evidence suggests that it affects adults as well. We describe a clinical case of a young woman with a long-standing history of dysphagia affected of this rare entity.

Poliposis linfomatosa múltiple / Multiple lymphomatous polyposis

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Diverticulitis aguda y enfermedad diverticular del colon: una satisfactoria indicación de cirugía laparoscópica / Acute diverticulitis and diverticular disease of the colon: a safe indication for laparoscopic surgery

INTRODUCCIÓN: analizar y estudiar la experiencia obtenida con el tratamiento quirúrgico de la diverticulitis y enfermedad diverticular del colon sintomática utilizando la vía de abordaje laparoscópica. MÉTODOS: entre enero de 1994 y octubre de 1999 un grupo de 52 pacientes con criterios de enfermedad diverticular sintomática en el colon sigmoide y descendente fueron operados por vía laparoscópica con un porcentaje de media de 40 cm de resección de colon enfermo. La anastomosis colorrectal se realizó intrabdominalmente con sutura mecánica transanal. La utilización de tijeras armónicas ha simplificado y mejorado la técnica laparoscópica y los tiempos quirúrgicos. RESULTADOS: la morbilidad operatoria total fue del 15 por ciento. Dos casos con diverticulitis aguda y sepsis difusa fueron reconvertidos a cirugía abierta. Cuatro enfermos presentaron rectorragia postoperatoria que cedió espontáneamente y tres pacientes tuvieron infección en la minilaparotomía de extracción de la pieza. No hubo complicaciones a distancia salvo una hernia incisional en orificio de trócar. La hospitalización postoperatoria fue de 3-8 días (media: 5,5) y el tiempo operatorio medio de 130 minutos (rango: 70-240), comenzando la alimentación oral entre el segundo y el tercer día del postoperatorio. DISCUSIÓN: a pesar de haber tenido que superar la curva de aprendizaje para esta compleja cirugía, las muy aceptables cifras de morbimortalidad con el abordaje laparoscópico, especialmente para estos pacientes de alto riesgo quirúrgico (edad > 65 años, HTA, EPOC, etc.), indican la necesidad de poder ofrecer esta opción quirúrgica con criterios de efectividad y seguridad, mejorando los resultados de la cirugía convencional. Sin embargo, aquellos pacientes con enfermedad diverticular complicada precisan cirujanos con amplia experiencia en cirugía laparoscópica del colon (AU)

Tumor carcinoide gástrico esporádico (tipo III) asociado a hipergastrinemia / No disponible

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Acute diverticulitis and diverticular disease of the colon: a safe indication for laparoscopic surgery.

AIM: We analyzed our experience with a laparoscopic method for the treatment of acute diverticular disease. METHODS: Between January 1994 and October 1999 a group of 52 patients who fulfilled the criteria for symptomatic diverticular disease in the descending and sigmoid colon underwent laparoscopy with resection of an average of 40 cm of the bowel. Intraabdominal mechanical anastomosis completed the procedure. RESULTS: The use of ultrasonic scissors made the laparoscopic technique easier and shortened operative time. Operative morbidity was 15%. Two patients with acute diverticulitis and associated sepsis were reconverted to open surgery, and 4 patients presented postoperative rectal bleeding which ceased spontaneously. No long-term complications were found except in 1 patient who developed an incisional hernia through an entry port. Oral intake began between the second and third day. Postoperative hospitalization was 3-8 days (mean: 5.5 days) and mean operative time was 130 min (range: 70-240 min). CONCLUSIONS: Despite the steep learning curve for this type of surgery, the good morbidity and mortality rates with the laparoscopic method, especially with high-risk groups of patients (age > 65 years, high blood pressure, etc.) suggest that this surgical option can be used efficiently and safely, and that it achieves better results than with open surgery. However, we feel that the treatment of patients with acute complications of diverticular colon disease requires extensive experience with laparoscopic colorectal surgery.

Surgical treatment of the acute cholecystitis in the laparoscopic age. A comparative study: laparoscopy against laparatomy.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the complications and results of the laparoscopic opposite to open treatment of the acute cholecystitis. METHODS: A retrospective randomized study with two groups of 30 patients each one. The parameters tested were age, sex, risk factors, surgical time, hospital stay, cholecystitis type, and early or late complications. RESULTS: In the two groups there were no significant differences in age, sex, risk factors, type of cholecystitis and surgical time. The average of hospital stay was significantly longer for open cholecystectomy (9.5) than for laparoscopic technique (2.30) (p < 0.001). The complication rate was higher (7.30%) in open cholecystectomy. CONCLUSIONS: The laparoscopic cholecystectomy should be the standard procedure for the treatment of the acute cholecystitis.

Vertical ring gastroplasty (VRG) in the treatment of the serious clinical obesity. Results and complications.

OBJECTIVE: The morbid obesity is a serious polysystematic disease to which it is necessary to offer a surgical solution when the conservative alternatives fail. METHODS: In a period of five years, 50 patients with vertical ring gastroplasty (VRG) have been evaluated and protocolized in the program of surgery of the morbid obesity, with an average weight of 134.3 kg corresponding to an overweight and body mass index (BMI) average respectively, of 69.7 kg and 49.8 kg/m2. RESULTS: The early morbidity has been scarce and the postoperative average stay of 7 days. The decrease of the percentage of weight, overweight and BMI was maximum 2 years later, with losses of 52 kg, with a percentage of loss of average overweight of 76.8% and a fall of 21 points in the BMI; however there was a partial recovery of the indexes in the following years. The accompanying pathology was solved in the period of studied time, although 84% of the patients referred vomits and practically 100% dietary limitations. CONCLUSIONS: The gastroplasty is a quick, simple technique and of scare morbimortality, although it is being subjected to criticism for the restrictions in the diet, quality of life and disruptions of the line of clamped. However, nowadays there is not a consensus on the ideal bariatric solution, and as a surgical alternative, the vertical gastroplasty can represent one of the techniques of choice for certain selected types of serious obesity.

Gallbladder and cystic duct absence. An infrequent malformation in laparoscopic surgery.

Gallbladder absence is an infrequent anomaly normally accompanied by lack of the cystic duct. Of unknown etiology, in general it is accepted to be a congenital malformation. A male patient (age 59) diagnosed with nonfunctional symptomatic scleroatrophic gallbladder by echography and ERCP was operated on using a laparoscopic approach. Gallbladder and cystic absence was diagnosed during the procedure. A new case of gallbladder and cystic duct absence, diagnosed by laparoscopy, is presented. This type of extrahepatic bile duct malformation is quite rare, but it must be taken into account due to the generalization of laparoscopic surgery in biliar pathology because of the high risk of serious lesions to the hepatocholedochal system.