Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Laparoscopic colorectal procedures: a multicenter Brazilian experience.

1999; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 9; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00019509-199912000-00005

2331-2254

Francisco Sérgio Pinheiro Regadas, José Reinan Ramos, Jayme Vital dos Santos Souza, Jose Reis Neto, Angelita Habr Gama, Fábio Guilherme Campos, Luiz C. Pandini, Mauro Marchiori, Raul Cutait, Joao Pupo Neto, Trajano Salgado Neto, Sthela Maria Murad‐Regadas,

Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management

An evaluation of the results of the Brazilian experience in colorectal laparoscopic procedures in a multicenter prospective protocol done by the Brazilian Society of Colo-Proctology is presented. From December 1991 to August 1998, 1,161 patients (583 men and 578 women; mean age, 49.8 years), were operated on laparoscopically. Most of the procedures (40.5%) were for cancer, and the most common procedure was anterior resection (22.5%). The mean operative time was 189 minutes (3.1 hours). There were 42 (3.6%) perioperative complications; visceral injuries were the most common (1.4%). Conversions occurred in 122 (10.5%) cases. There were 148 (12.7%) postoperative complications; wound infections were the most common (5.2%). A liquid diet was started at a mean time of 1.4 days after the operation, and the mean hospitalization period was 6.4 days.