ABSTRACT
The study of 26 patients who required percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) at the Endoscopic Surgery Center of the Calixto Garc a Central University Hospital,La Habana, Cuba, is presented in this report. Sixty two percent (62%) underwent this exam due to cancerous tumors in the esophagus and the remaining to non-cancerous disorders that promoted dysphagia. The average duration of the exam was 10 minutes. Two patients reported complications after the gastrostomy: one due to the rupture of the catheter s balloon and the other due to an abscess in the puncture zone. No deaths were reported.
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Enteral Nutrition , Gastrostomy/methods , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Endoscopy , Female , Gastrostomy/adverse effects , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Sex FactorsABSTRACT
Three patients with abdominal pain were studied and through ultrasonography, it was suspected that they had Fasciola hepatica in their gallbladder and choedochio. By using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), the presence of parasites in extrahepatic biliary passages of the cases was confirmed and then, it was taken out with a Dormia basket. It was concluded that imaging is a diagnostic means to be considered in this parasitosis.
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Common Bile Duct Diseases/diagnosis , Fascioliasis/diagnosis , Gallbladder Diseases/diagnosis , Adult , Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde , Cholecystography , Common Bile Duct/diagnostic imaging , Gallbladder/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
Se realizaron 80 polipectomías en 63 pacientes (14,7 porciento de las colonoscopias realizadas) en el Servicio de Gastroenterología del Hospital Docente Clinicoquirúrgico "Joaquín Albarrán" en pacientes mayores de 15 años. Se obtuvieron 76 pólipos para su estudio histopatológico. El 37,5 porciento de los pólipos se encontraban por encima del rectosigmoide. El adenocarcinoma in situ se encontró en el 4,8 porciento de los pólipos resecados. Los pólipos se asociaron a adenocarcinoma del colon en el 38,5 porciento. No se presentaron complicaciones en los pacientes a los cuales se les aplicó esta técnica. Los pacientes que presentaron carcinoma in situ 2 años después, no presentaron recidiva de pólipos una vez realizada nuevamente la colonoscopia(AU)
