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AORTIC LACERATION DURING VERESS NEEDLE INSERTION: A LAPAROSCOPIC DISASTER
Machado, Miguel; Malheiro, Luís; Gaião, Sérgio; Paiva, José Artur; Barbosa, Laura ElisabeteIntroduction: Over 50% of complications related to laparoscopy occur during the entry phase for pneumoperitoneum and trocar insertion. Major vascular injuries, although infrequent (0.04–0.1% of laparoscopic procedures), can lead to significant morbidity and mortality, with 13%–50% going undetected immediately during surgery. Major vascular injuries rank as the second most common cause of death during laparoscop...
Therapeutic Approach of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis in patients with Colorectal C...
Mosca, Ana Margarida Saraiva Santos; Barbosa, Laura ElisabetePeritoneal carcinomatosis is an advanced stage of colorectal cancer, with poor prognosis, that has been regarded as an untreatable condition, suitable only for palliative treatment. Over the last decades new treatment options have emerged; cytoreductive surgery in combination with intraperitoneal chemotherapy has increasingly gain acceptance as a treatment for patients with colorectal peritoneal carcinomatosis....