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SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME – BLOOD CHANGES ITS ROUTE

Fourty-eight years old woman with history of non- -Hodgkin's lymphoma, treated with chemoradiotherapy. Mammary MRI shows multiple varicose veins along the breast parenchyma. CT angiography showed superior SVC obliteration at the azygos vein with marked subcutaneous collateral circulation. This is a superior vena cava syndrome due to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Radiation Enteritis – a case report and literature review

Chronic radiation enteritis is an uncommon clinical entity whose incidence has been gradually increasing even with the constant development of techniques that minimize radiotherapy damaging effects. There are different medical approaches concerning its control, however one third of patients need surgical treatment during the course of the disease. The criteria for the suitable timing and the adequate procedure ...

Página da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia

Página da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia

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Página da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia

Página da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia

Humanismo e a evolução tecnológica na prática médico-cirúrgica

Humanismo e a evolução tecnológica na prática médico-cirúrgica

Formação em Cirurgia

Bariatric surgery: epidemic of the XXI century.

Obesity is a chronic and endemic disease in developed countries, there is an inverse relationship between the socio-economic level and the prevalence of this disease. Their costs are responsible from 2 to 7% of the total health costs. The prevalence of obesity in the world is so high that the World Health Organization considered this disease as the global epidemic of the XXI century. In Portugal it's estimated ...

Abdominal compartment syndrome: survey on the awareness of Portuguese general s...

The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (ACS) is a clinical entity recognized for over a century, but only recently its risk criteria, monitorization and treatment have been defined by the World Society of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (WSACS). The general surgeon's involvement is vital since this syndrome is common in surgical patients and because its treatment may culminate in a laparostomy. 250 questionnaire...

Hérnia do desportista - EXPERIÊNCIA PESSOAL

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