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Intestinal webs are a rare cause of bowel obstruction. A case of a 32-year-old man with multiple intestinal webs causing intermittent, partial bowel obstruction is described. The webs were initially detected with capsule endoscopy. The patient was treated with intraoperative endoscopy and balloon dilation. At early follow-up, no recurrence of his symptoms was evident.
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Cateterismo/métodos , Obstrução Intestinal/etiologia , Intestino Delgado/patologia , Adulto , Endoscopia por Cápsula , Cateterismo/instrumentação , Constrição Patológica , Humanos , Obstrução Intestinal/diagnóstico , Obstrução Intestinal/patologia , Obstrução Intestinal/terapia , Laparotomia , Masculino , RecidivaRESUMO
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) placement remains a common bariatric procedure. While LAGB procedure is performed within private clinics in most Canadian provinces, public health care is often utilized for LAGB-related reoperations. We identified 642 gastric band removal procedures performed in Ontario from 2011 to 2014 using population-level administrative data. The number of procedures performed increased annually from 101 in 2011 to 220 in 2014. Notably, 54.7% of the patients required laparotomy, and 17.6% of patients underwent a subsequent bariatric surgery. Our findings demonstrated that LAGB placement in private clinics resulted in a large number of band removal procedures performed within the public system. This represents a significant public health concern that may result in significant health care utilization and patient morbidity.
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Instituições de Assistência Ambulatorial , Remoção de Dispositivo/estatística & dados numéricos , Gastroplastia/estatística & dados numéricos , Setor Privado , Cobertura Universal do Seguro de Saúde , Feminino , Humanos , Laparoscopia/estatística & dados numéricos , Laparotomia/estatística & dados numéricos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , OntárioRESUMO
BACKGROUND: With greater transparency in health system reporting and increased reliance on patient-centred outcomes, patient satisfaction has become a priority in delivering quality care. We sought to explore the relationship between patient satisfaction and short-term outcomes in patients undergoing general surgical procedures. METHODS: Satisfaction surveys were distributed to patients following discharge from the general surgery service at an academic hospital between June 2012 and March 2015. Short-term clinical outcomes were obtained from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. Patients rated their level of satisfaction on a 5-point Likert scale, and ordered logistic regression model was used to determine predictors of high patient satisfaction. RESULTS: 757 patient satisfaction surveys were completed. The mean age of patients surveyed was 52.2 years; 60.0% of patients were female. The majority of patients underwent a laparoscopic procedure (85.9%) and were admitted as inpatients following surgery (72%). 91.5% of patients rated satisfaction of 4-5, and 95.0% said they would recommend the service. The odds of overall satisfaction were lower in patients who had complications (OR: 0.52, 95% CI 0.31 to 0.87) and 30-day readmission (OR: 0.35, 95% CI 0.17 to 0.70). Having elective surgery was associated with higher odds of satisfaction (OR: 1.62, 95% CI 1.07 to 2.47). CONCLUSIONS: We found a significant association between patient satisfaction and both 30-day readmission and the occurrence of postoperative surgical complications. Given this association, further study is warranted to evaluate patient satisfaction as a healthcare quality indicator.
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Satisfação do Paciente/estatística & dados numéricos , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/epidemiologia , Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Operatórios/estatística & dados numéricos , Adulto , Idoso , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Eletivos/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Humanos , Laparoscopia/estatística & dados numéricos , Modelos Logísticos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Readmissão do Paciente/estatística & dados numéricos , Indicadores de Qualidade em Assistência à SaúdeRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic skills training is an essential component of general surgery training. This study proposes the use of three-dimensional (3D) laparoscopy as the initial training tool for beginners to shorten the learning curve. METHODS: This study evaluates the surgical performance and subjective experience of junior and senior trainees with 3D versus two-dimensional laparoscopy. Peg transfer task was used as the objective time measurement. A subjective evaluation of the 2 systems using a questionnaire was also used. RESULTS: The mean difference in the juniors was 16.33 seconds, while in the seniors it was only 3.46 seconds (P = .036). The time difference between groups was much smaller in the 3D than the two-dimensional (P = .14 vs .02) laparoscopy. In the subjective evaluation, the novice group also scored significantly higher for the 3D system in the bimanual dexterity category (P = .004, .007). CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrates the feasibility of using 3D laparoscopy for laparoscopic skills training in novices.
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Educação Médica Continuada/métodos , Docentes de Medicina , Imageamento Tridimensional/métodos , Laparoscopia/educação , Curva de Aprendizado , Competência Clínica , Feminino , Humanos , Laparoscopia/métodos , Masculino , Estudos ProspectivosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2), an inducible enzyme expressed in areas of inflammation, is a target of interest for colorectal cancer therapy. Currently, the predictive significance of COX-2 in colorectal cancer remains unclear. METHODS: Tissue microarrays were constructed using 118 colon cancer and 85 rectal cancer specimens; 44 synchronous metastatic colon cancer and 22 rectal cancer lymph nodes were also evaluated. COX-2 expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry. Univariate analysis was used to determine the predictive significance of clinicopathologic variables. Overall survival, disease-specific survival, and disease-free survival were the main outcomes examined. RESULTS: COX-2 was found to be expressed in 93% of colon cancers and 87% of rectal cancers. Decreased COX-2 expression was related to decreased disease-specific survival (P = .016) and decreased disease-free survival (P = .019) in the rectal cancer cohort but not in the colon cancer cohort. CONCLUSIONS: COX-2 expression has predictive utility for management of rectal but not colon cancer.
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Adenocarcinoma/enzimologia , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Colo/metabolismo , Neoplasias do Colo/enzimologia , Ciclo-Oxigenase 2/metabolismo , Neoplasias Retais/enzimologia , Reto/metabolismo , Adenocarcinoma/mortalidade , Adenocarcinoma/cirurgia , Adulto , Idoso , Colo/cirurgia , Neoplasias do Colo/mortalidade , Neoplasias do Colo/cirurgia , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Neoplasias Retais/mortalidade , Neoplasias Retais/cirurgia , Reto/cirurgia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Análise de Sobrevida , Análise Serial de TecidosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Randomized controlled trials have shown equivalent outcomes for laparoscopic-assisted colectomy (LAC) and open colectomy (OC) when performed by well-trained surgeons experienced in both techniques. Our goal was to evaluate the outcomes of LAC at a population level. METHODS: Using the prospectively collected Gastrointestinal Cancer Outcomes Unit database from the British Columbia Cancer Agency, short- and long-term outcomes in patients with colon cancer treated with LAC and OC were compared from 2003 to 2008 inclusive. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant increase in the proportion of LAC from 2003 to 2008 (P < .001). LAC was more likely to be performed in the elective setting (P < .001) and for smaller tumors (P < .001). A similar proportion of patients had a minimum of 12 lymph nodes identified by pathology (58% vs 60%, P = not significant). Disease-free survival was similar for the 2 groups after adjusting for stage, emergency presentation, and adjuvant chemotherapy. There was no difference in overall survival. CONCLUSIONS: The introduction of LAC for colon cancer in British Columbia outside of optimized clinical trial conditions appears to be effective and safe.
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Colectomia/instrumentação , Neoplasias do Colo/cirurgia , Laparoscopia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Colúmbia Britânica/epidemiologia , Estudos de Coortes , Colectomia/métodos , Neoplasias do Colo/patologia , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Eletivos , Emergências , Feminino , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Laparoscopia/normas , Laparoscopia/tendências , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Ensaios Clínicos Controlados Aleatórios como Assunto , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) consists of a set of human autosomal recessive disorders, with symptoms resulting from defects in genes required for protein trafficking in lysosome-related organelles such as melanosomes and platelet dense granules. A number of human HPS genes and rodent orthologues have been identified whose protein products are key components of 1 of 4 different protein complexes (AP-3 or BLOC-1, -2, and -3) that are key participants in the process. Drosophila melanogaster has been a key model organism in demonstrating the in vivo significance of many genes involved in protein trafficking pathways; for example, mutations in the "granule group" genes lead to changes in eye colour arising from improper protein trafficking to pigment granules in the developing eye. An examination of the chromosomal positioning of Drosophila HPS gene orthologues suggested that CG9770, the Drosophila HPS5 orthologue, might correspond to the pink locus. Here we confirm this gene assignment, making pink the first eye colour gene in flies to be identified as a BLOC complex gene.