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First experience with a supercharged pedicled jejunal interposition for esophageal replacement after caustic ingestion in a middle-income Latin American country
(2023) Alfaro-Pacheco, R; Brenes-Barrantes, R; Juanta-Castro, J; Rojas-Chaves, S; Echeverri-McCandless, A; Brenes-Barquero, P
Caustic or corrosive substance ingestion that results in severe esophageal and gastric lacerations frequently requires surgical management. The most common sequelae after an upper gastrointestinal tract caustic injury include non-responding luminal strictures, which are subject to esophageal replacement. Late corrective surgery may include esophagectomy with gastric pull-up and jejunal or colonic interpositions. Although long-segment esophageal reconstruction with jejunum is technically feasible and has demonstrated good outcomes, the complexity of the surgery has precluded the widespread use of this procedure in low- and middle-income countries. This document summarizes the most relevant aspects of caustic ingestion surgical management and describes the first Latin American experience in the reconstruction of an esophageal-gastric caustic injury using a pedicled jejunal interposition, as a viable and functional option in mid- and lower-income countries with well-established Thoracic Surgery departments and microsurgery access
Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Profile of Patients Treated in the Stroke Unit of a Third Level Hospital
(Los autores, 2018) Sanabria-Castro, Alfredo; Echeverri-McCandless, A; Sibaja-Campos, M; Garro-Zúñiga, M
Introduction: Constituting around 15% of all strokes, intracerebral hemorrhage is the most devastating cerebrovascular event. Despite its impact, only a few regional studies analyze its characteristics separately. Aim: Describe the characteristics of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage patients, treated at the Stroke Unit of a tertiary hospital of Costa Rica´s National Social Security Health System (CCSS). Patients and Methods: By reviewing medical charts, a retrospective study and analysis of socio-demographic and clinical characteristics in well defined, arterial, spontaneous, and non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage patients, was performed. Results: Clinical records of 74 patients were studied. Age average was 64.4 ± 12.6 years, events were identified predominantly in male patients and all patients presented at least one risk factor; being arterial hypertension the most prevalent. Etiology in 90.5% of the cases corresponds to small vessel disease, 81.0% of the events are consistent with deep intracerebral hemorrhage and 3 months modified Rankin Scale median was 3. The average hospital stay at the unit was one week, around one third of patients presented complications and 90-day mortality was 16.2%. Conclusions: Despite the differences found attributable mainly to ethnic aspects and the nature of the analyzed population, the profile of these patients resembles what has been described elsewhere