ABSTRACT
Se realizo un estudio observacional, descriptivo y prospectivo en el "Hospital General de Medellin ", desde octubre de 1993 hasta septiembre de 1995. Se practico exploracion de la via biliar y colocacion de tubo en T a 113 pacientes en quienes se sospechaba Coledocolitiasis. A todos se les hizo seguimiento clinico y colangiografia postoperatoria de conrol. La incidencia global de litiasis residual fue 8.8 por ciento (n=0). Los pacientes se dividieron en tres grupos de acuerdo con la ayuda diagnostica utilizada durante la cirugia, asi: 17 con colangioscopia flexible; 49 con colangiografia, y 26 ayuda diagnostica. El grupo con colangioscopia demostró tener la menor incidencia (n= 1:2.6 por ciento) de coledocolitiasis residual (p= 0.0745). La colangioscopia demostro ser de fácil manejo y sirvio, además, para la extraccion de calculos retenidos, a traves del trayecto del tubo en T. El ilangioscopio flexible parece ser un avance importante para el tratamiento y postoperatorio de la coledocolitiasis.
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There is still some concern about the safety of early enteral nutrition (EN) to patients with recent anastomoses. A pilot trial was carried out on a prospective basis to evaluate the tolerance and clinical outcome of 56 patients who received early EN following gastrointestinal (GI) surgery. A continuous infusion of an elemental, peptide-based diet was administered using a nasointestinal feeding tube placed beyond the pylorus by the operating surgeon. Tube feeds were started at 6.07 +/- 4.99 h after surgery and advanced as tolerated to a rate of 60 mL/h on the third postoperative day. Patients received the diet either proximal or distal (in the case of gastrectomies) to their recent anastomosis. Forty-six patients met the inclusion criteria and were included in the analysis. EN was well tolerated with a low incidence of side effects (19.5%), nausea and vomiting being the most frequent. Oral feeding was started 2.89 +/- 1.28 d after surgery. There was one case of small bowel suture leakage, but no relationship to the tube feeding was established. Early EN appears to be a useful and safe therapeutic alternative for the postoperative management of patients undergoing GI surgery. It may contribute to faster recovery of bowel function and lead to a shorter hospital stay. Careful selection of patients is necessary in order to obtain the greatest benefit of early enteral feeding in this patient population.
