Latin American open-label study with rabeprazole in patients with functional dyspepsia. Mexican Rabeprazole Investigators Group.

This multicenter, open-label study assessed the clinical efficacy and tolerability of the proton-pump inhibitor rabeprazole 20 mg once daily in 189 patients with functional dyspepsia and normal findings on upper endoscopy. The clinical efficacy rate was 86% after only 4 weeks of treatment, and symptoms remained under control at the end of 4 weeks without treatment. Rabeprazole was well tolerated and was associated with a low incidence (8%) of mild, transient adverse events.

[Endoscopic resolution of acute dilatation of the colon secondary to edema of colonic anastomosis]. / Resolución endoscópia de la dilatación aguda de colon secudaria a edema de anastomosis colónica.

Acute colonic dilation due to anastomotic edema is rare and is not always solved with conservative treatment. Endoscopic colonic decompression was carried out in 3 patients completing the procedure with a transrectal drainage. No complications resulted from the procedure and all 3 patients did well, once motility was re-established.

[Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: indications, techniques and complications]. / Gastrostomía percutánea endoscópica: indicaciones, técnica y complicaciones.

We present a revision of techniques, indications and complications of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, with emphasis in technical aspects who allows to perform a safe and simple procedure. It can be done with modification of Pezzer canullas, and easily obtained items who can be collected by any trained endoscopist.