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Tratamento de fístulas enterocutâneas através de sistema a vácuo com alta press...
Aires Neto, TertulianoConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico; Enterocutaneous fistulas are associated with prolonged hospital stay, high morbidity/mortality, and increase in hospital costs. This study aims to describe the use of a vacuum system and normal oral diet in dealing with this problem. Methods: Seventy-four consecutive patients with recent and defined external postoperative fistulas were analyzed. Abd...
Surgical Site Infection in a University Hospital in Northeast Brazil
Medeiros, Aldo Cunha; Aires Neto, Tertuliano; Azevedo, George Dantas; Vilar, Maria José Pereira; Pinheiro, Laíza Araújo Mohana; Brandão Neto, JoséWe examined prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) in a tertiary teaching hospital in northeast Brazil, from January 1994 to December 2003. The survey included 5,742 patients subjected to thoracic, urologic, vascular and general surgery. The criteria for diagnosing SSI were those of the Centers for Disease Control, USA, and the variables of the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance risk index were use...
Lesões pulmonares provocadas pela nicotina por via subcutânea em ratos.
Medeiros, Aldo da Cunha; Rocha, Keyla Ferreira Borges; Dantas Filho, Antônio Medeiros; Aires Neto, Tertuliano; Azevêdo, Ítalo Medeiros deRESUMO: Objetivo: Estudo com o objetivo de observar a influência da nicotina, aplicada pela via subcutânea, em pulmões de ratos. Métodos: Foram utilizados 20 ratos Wistar pesando 235±35g, separados aleatoriamente em 2 grupos iguais. O grupo I (n=10) recebeu nicotina na dose de 2 mg/ Kg/dia pela via subcutânea durante 20 dias e o grupo II (n=10) recebeu placebo pela mesma via de administração. Resultados: Os res...
Total gastrectomy with substitution of stomach by jejunal pouch with and withou...
Aires Neto, Tertuliano; Cavalcante, Jeancarlo Fernandes; Brandão Neto, José; Araújo Filho, Irami; Almeida, Maria das Graças; Rezende, Adriana Augusto deA comparison was done between the F. Paulino jejunal pouch (FP) and a jejunal pouch (JP) as esophagusduodenum interpositional graft, for replacing the stomach after total gastrectomy. It was investigated the effect of the two procedures on esophagus histology, nutritional state and serum gastrin in rats. Methods: Male Wistar rats weighing 282±17g were randomly submitted to sham operation (S), FP and JP after to...