Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
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To analyze patients who underwent thoracotomy for the treatment of chest trauma in the City of Manaus. ⋯ Thoracic trauma patients submitted to exploratory thoracotomy were young, males and victims of stab wound trauma. The most contributing death factors were the lethal anatomical score, more than 15 points, and the association with major vascular lesions, as the aorta and vena cava.
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Comparative Study
[Comparative study of end-to-end cervical esophagogastric anastomosis with or without invagination after esophagectomy for cancer].
To assess the incidence of fistula and stenosis of cervical esophagogastric anastomosis with invagination of the esophageal stump into the gastric tube in esophagectomy for esophagus cancer. ⋯ In esophagectomy for esophagus cancer, cervical esophagogastric anastomosis with invagination presented a lower rate of esophagogastric fistula versus anastomosis without invagination. Stenosis rates in esophagogastric anastomosis proved similar in both approach with or without invagination.
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Insulin resistance is a transitory phenomenon of the metabolic response to trauma. In uncomplicated operations it lasts for 2-4 weeks postoperatively, and is directly related to the magnitude of the injury. The fasting status caused by conventional fasting protocols aggravates this resistance and may induce hyperglycemia. ⋯ Additionally, overnight fasting may cause variable degrees of dehydration depending on the extension of the fasting period. Recently, various societies of anesthesia and nutrition have changed their guidelines to propose a reduction of preoperative fasting to 2h with clear fluids containing carbohydrates. These new protocols (ACERTO, ERAS) are based on the safety of this routine as consistently demonstrated by various randomized trials and a meta-analysis.
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The authors discuss the surgical strategies in the management of complex penetrating hepatic lesions through liver balloon tamponade. ⋯ Transfixing hepatic lesions are usually difficult to manage and carry high morbidity and mortality rates. The use of intrahepatic balloon tamponade can be useful as a therapeutic tool, but not rid of complications, and for that reason it has specific and selected indications.