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Introduction: the videolaparoscopic procedure has become the election technique for the treatment of patients with acute appendicitis. Unfortunately, in occasions it is necessary to convert the procedure to conventional surgery. Objective: to identify the predictive factors of conversion in the videolaparoscopic appendectomy. Methods: a longitudinal, prospective, cohort study was carried out in 131 patients operated on for acute appendicitis by means of videolaparoscopic surgery in the General Surgery Service of "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Clinical Surgical Provincial Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, from January, 2010 to December, 2014. The analysis of the data was based on the construction of a multivaried model to identify these factors (multivariable logistical regression). Results: there was a prevalence of young male patients. The construction of the pattern of logistical regression was sustained by 8 possibly predictive variables of conversion, 4 of which were highly influential. Sensibility of 70.6, a specificity of 97.4 and a predictive global percentage of 93.9 of the calculated regression pattern were considered. Conclusions: the most influencial factors for the conversion of videolaparoscopic surgery to conventional surgery were: previous laparotomy in lower hemiabdomen, presence of adherences diagnosed by laparoscopy, retrocaecal location and perforated appendicitis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A cohort longitudinal, prospective study of 191 patients with mechanical bowel occlusion surgically treated in the Surgery Service of "Saturnino Lora Torres" Provincial Teaching Clinical Surgical Hospital in Santiago de Cuba was carried out from January, 2011 to December, 2013, to identify the mortality predictive factors. The sample was divided into 2 cohorts: 165 alive patients and 26 dead patients; also, the data analysis was based on the design of a multivariate model (multivariable logistical regression), by means of which it was confirmed that the age over 60 years, the beginning of the symptoms after 48 hours, the physical perianesthesic condition IV and V, the vascular damage, the resecting procedures, the shock and the postoperative complications, showed independent relation to death. Sensibility, 73.1 and specificity, 98.8% were considered and the global predictive percentage was excellent (95.3). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Injuries are the third cause of death in developed countries. In Cuba they represent the fourth and the first one in people younger than 50 years. Objectives: To characterize patients with abdominal trauma according to selected variables and to determine their status at discharge. Methods: An applied descriptive study was carried out in a sample of 346 patients with abdominal trauma (surgically treated or not), who were discharged from the Department of General Surgery of "Saturnino Lora" Provincial Teaching Clinical Surgical Hospital of Santiago de Cuba during the fourth year-period 2007-2010. Results: Open trauma caused by stab wound and abdominal ultrasound as the most valuable diagnostic tool prevailed. Therapeutic laparotomies were performed in 61.2% of patients undergoing surgery due to injuries in liver, small bowel and spleen, for surgeries of hepatorrhaphy, intestinal resection and splenectomy, respectively. The most common complications were hemorrhagic shock (main cause of death) and infection of the surgical site. Conclusions: Frequency of unnecessary laparotomies remains high and to prevent them it is recommended reducing the time between injury and surgery, which is critical to maintain the hemodynamic stability of the patient that allows conducting diagnostic studies (computerized tomography and videolaparoscopy) and the relevant treatments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]