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Cervical fasciitis is a group of severe infections with high morbimortality. Reports in the literature of patients with cases evolving with mediastinal dissemination of deep cervical abscess are common. However, cases of abdominal dissemination by contiguity are much OBJECTIVE
To investigate the values of Computed Tomography (CT) in diagnosing postoperative pancreatic surgeryabdominalinfection and its efficacy and to provide a reasonable method for the diagnosis of abdominal infection.
METHODS
Seventy-two patients who were confirmed as resectablepancreatic
Between 1980 and 1990 12 patients (5 male, 7 female) were operated on for acute infectious pericarditis at a mean age of 42 years. The infections were 6 bacterial (purulent 4, abscess 2), 4 tuberculous, 1 viral and 1 Candida. Pericarditis resulted from contiguous spread of infection from bilateral
From experience with 101 patients, the radiologic features of gastroplasty for the surgical treatment of morbid obesity are described. Prompt recognition of surgical complications requires familiarity with expected postoperative appearances. Early complications are: (a) gastric leak with subphrenic
Blood glucose levels in the high normal range or even moderate hyperglycemia is the expected profile in septic postoperative patients receiving high-calorie enteral alimentation. The addition of growth hormone as an anabolic agent should additionally reinforce this tendency. In a cancer patient