[trauma Of Pancreas: Predictor's Factors Of Morbidity And Mortality Related To Trauma Index].

Although relatively uncommon, traumatic pancreatic injury is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. To define the predictors' factors of increase in the morbidity and mortality in patients with pancreatic trauma. In this casuistic 131 patients were studied, since January 1994 through December 2007, with theirs epidemiological, physiological and anatomic parameters compared and the analysis of the predictive values for the occurrence of bad evolution, with an appropriate statistical study. Penetrating trauma occurred in 64% and blunt trauma in 36%, and 91.6% was male. The mean age was 29,8 years. The global morbidity in this series was 64.9% with 29% prevalence of pancreas related complications, such as pancreatic fistula and bleeding occurrence. The overall mortality was 27.5% and occurred by hemorrhagic shock and multiple organs and system failed. Higher morbidity and mortality was related with complex injuries of the pancreas (grade IV and V), but morbidity and mortality in the group of injuries grade I and II are not minimal in patients with changed values of revised trauma score and high values of injury severity score and abdominal trauma index. Systolic blood pressure lower 90 mm Hg, changed values of revised trauma score index, values of injury severity score higher 15 and values of abdominal trauma index higher 25 are predictive factors of morbidity. Changed values of revised trauma score, values of injury severity score or abdominal trauma index higher 25, systolic blood pressure are predictive factors of mortality in patients with pancreatic trauma. Low values of TRISS are predictive of higher morbidity and mortality, but high values of TRISS are not predictives of satisfactory evolution.46270-

Roux-en-Y gastroenteroanastomosis in the treatment of stenosing and advanced gastric adenocarcinoma

BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer is the most common cancer of the digestive tract and approximately 60% of cases are advanced when the patient is first admitted for treatment. AIM: A retrospective analysis of patients with advanced gastric adenocarcinoma, stenosing and unresectable, performing Roux-en-Y gastroenteroanasmosis. METHODS: From January 1998 to December 2009, 62 patients were operated with a mean age of 52.7 years, being 43 males (69.3%). The gastrojejunal anastomosis was latero-lateral, pre-colic and jejuno-jejunoanastomosis end-to-side Roux-en-Y, lying about 50 cm from the stomach. RESULTS: The average hospital stay was 7.5 days. It was reported one death secondary to pneumonia and sepsis (1.6%). Postoperatively, all patients started to eat solids and pastes, with weight gain. The occurrence of frequent vomiting was found in four patients (6,4%). The median survival was 11 months. CONCLUSION: The Roux-en-Y gastroenteroanastomosis is a very good option to prevent the occurrence of enteric and bilious vomiting after palliative surgery, causes weight gain and improved quality of life