Síndrome de Valentino, manejo actual de una enfermedad olvidada
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The most frequent etiology of acute abdomen is acute appendicitis, being the most common surgical cause in the world; this leads to overlook other causes of peritoneal irritation such as Valentino Syndrome, unknown by many doctors, causing their diagnosis, most of the time, intraoperatively finding an appendix normal and free fluid around it.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective, observational and descriptive study was made from January 1th of 2012 to December 31th of 2017, including patients diagnosed with Valentino Syndrome by open or laparoscopic appendectomy
RESULTS: In total, 11 patients were diagnosticated with Valentino Syndrome in patients who had peritoneal irritation. The 63% of the surgical procedures was through a laparoscopic approach and only 18% required conversion to laparotomy, the average surgery time was 56 minutes, average bleeding 15 cc. No patients required ICU admission and none mortalities. All patients had a prophylactic appendectomy.
CONCLUSIONS Patients with this syndrome and laparoscopic surgery approach have a better performance , fewer complications and no mortality.
Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
The authors who publish in this journal accept the following conditions:
- The authors retain the copyright and give the magazine the right of the first publication, with the work registered with the Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows third parties to use what is published whenever they mention the authorship of the work already The first publication in this magazine.
- Authors may make other independent and additional contractual arrangements for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the article published in this journal (eg, include it in an institutional repository or publish it in a book) provided they clearly state that Work was first published in this journal.
- Authors are encouraged and encouraged to publish their work on the Internet (eg on institutional or personal pages) before and during the review and publication process, as it can lead to productive exchanges and greater and faster dissemination of the work. Published work (see The Effect of Open Access).
