RESUMO Introdução: A partir da década de 60, a mortalidade dos portadores de doença de Crohn (DC) e a Retocolite Ulcerativa Inespecífica (RCUI) teve declínio devido a novas terapêuticas clínicas e cirúrgicas. Importante proporção destes pacientes é submetida a procedimentos cirúrgicos no decorrer das suas vidas, com taxas de mortalidade variando entre 4 e 10%. Método: Foram identificados retrospectivamente 157 pacientes portadores de doenças inflamatórias intestinais (DII), submetidos a operações abdominais ou perineais, divididos em dois grupos (DC e RCUI). Os casos de óbitos foram discriminados e avaliados individualmente, de forma descritiva. Resultados: 281 operações foram realizadas. No grupo RCUI foram realizadas 43 operações em 24 pacientes, no subgrupo DC abdominal, 127 operações em 90 pacientes e no subgrupo DC perineal, 115 em 64 pacientes, respectivamente. Do total de 9 óbitos, 3 ocorreram no grupo RCUI e 6 no DC. A mortalidade geral nas DII foi de 5,7%. Para a DC, 4,5%. No subgrupo de operações abdominais foi de 6,6% e para a RCUI 12,5%. A maior parte dos óbitos estavam relacionados a procedimentos de urgência/emergência, com uso prévio de corticoterapia. A causa mortis em todos os pacientes foi sepse. Conclusões: A taxa de mortalidade cirúrgica nas DII foi de 5,7%, atribuidas pela severidade dos casos.

ABSTRACT Introduction: Since the 1960s, mortality in Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis patients had a significant decrease due to advances in medical and surgical therapy. An important proportion of these patients are submitted to surgical procedures during their disease course, with postoperative mortality between 4 and 10%. Methods: 157 inflammatory bowel disease patients submitted to surgical therapy were retrospectively identified and allocated in 2 groups (Crohn's and colitis). Deaths were individually discriminated in detail. Results: 281 surgical procedures were performed. In the colitis group, 43 operations were performed in 24 patients; in the abdominal Crohn's subgroup, 127 procedures in 90 patients and in the perineal Crohn's subgroup, 115 in 64 patients, respectively. Nine postoperative deaths were observed (3 in the colitis and 6 in the Crohn's groups). Overall postoperative mortality was 5.7% (4.5% for Crohn's; 6.6% in abdominal Crohn's and 12.5% for Colitis). Most of deaths were related to emergency procedures and previous use of corticosteroids. The cause of death in all patients was sepsis. Conclusions: Overall postoperative mortality in inflammatory bowel disease was 5.7%, and it was attributed to the severity of the cases referred.

Introdução: o estadiamento patológico com a análise do número de linfonodos dissecados é fator importante na determinação da segurança oncológica das ressecções por câncer colorretal, independentemente da via de acesso. Em fase inicial de curva de aprendizado em laparoscopia colorretal, a equivalência entre a cirurgia convencional e laparoscópica pode ser comprometida. O objetivo do presente estudo foi analisar o número de linfonodos dissecados em espécimes de ressecções por câncer colorretal pela via convencional e laparoscópica, e verificar a equivalência oncológica entre ambas. Método: estudo retrospectivo de uma série de casos de pacientes submetidos a ressecções por câncer colorretal por via convencional e laparoscópica. Variáveis analisadas: idade, sexo, via de acesso, tipo de procedimento, estadiamento de Dukes e número de linfonodos dissecados nas peças. Análise estatística pelo método de Mann-Whitney. Resultados: 50 pacientes foram analisados (33 operados por via convencional, 17 por via laparoscópica). Houve maior número de colectomias direitas e retossigmoidectomias altas nos dois grupos. O número médio de linfonodos dissecados foi de 10,35 no grupo laparoscópico e de 10,15 no grupo de acesso convencional (p=0,859). Conclusões: não houve diferença estatística entre o número médio de linfonodos dissecados entre os espécimes ressecados por via convencional e laparoscópica, numa fase inicial de curva de aprendizado.

Introduction: pathology staging with the analysis of the number of retrieved lymph nodes is an important factor in oncologic safety of colorectal cancer resections, in conventional and laparoscopic surgery. In the beginning of a learning curve in laparoscopy, equivalence between these two types of approaches can be compromised. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the number of retrieved lymph nodes in colorectal cancer resection specimens between conventional and laparoscopic surgery, and verify oncological equivalence between these techniques. Method: retrospective analysis of a case series of colorectal cancer specimens operated with conventional and laparoscopic surgery. Age, gender, type of operation, approach, staging and number of retrieved lymph nodes were analyzed. Statistical analysis with Mann-Whitney method was performed. Results: 50 patients were operated in the study period (33 with conventional and 17 with laparoscopic approach). Right hemicolectomy and high rectosigmoid resection were the most common procedures performed. The mean number of retrieved lymph nodes was 10,35 in the laparoscopy group and 10,15 in the conventional approach (p=0,859). Conclusions: there was no statistical difference between the number of retrieved lymph nodes in colorectal cancer resection specimens between laparoscopic and conventional approach, in the beginning of a learning curve in laparoscopy.

The objective of this research was to study the cutaneous branching of the superficial fibular nerve (SFN), with a topographic and biometric focus, aiming to provide further anatomical details for foot and ankle surgery in general. There were analyzed 30 right and left lower limbs of 15 corpses of male adult Brazilian individuals. The cutaneous branching of the nerve was dissected and measurements taken with a tape measure and digital caliper. The nerve emerged at the surface as a single trunk in 66.7% and divided into two branches in 33.3% of the cases. When a single trunk emerged, it appeared at the level of the third distal of the leg in 75%, at the boundary between the middle and distal thirds in 20%, and, in the middle third in 5%. When divided, in most cases (60%), the two branches had the same topography, in general, in the distal third of the leg. The average width of the nerve, at its emergence, when single, was 3.1 ± 0.8 mm, when divided, one of its branches, the medial dorsal cutaneous nerve (MDCn) of the foot, measured 2.4 ± 0.9 mm, and the other, the intermediate dorsal cutaneous nerve (IDCn) of the foot 2.1 ± 0.6 mm. The MDCn communicated with the deep fibular nerve in 53.3%, and the IDCn with the sural nerve in 33.3%. In its distribution in the dorsum of the foot, the MDCn was related mainly with the first metatarsal bone and the first and second interosseous spaces, and the IDCn, in general, with the fourth metatarsal bone and the third and fourth interosseous spaces. There are important variations in the emergence and cutaneous branching of the SFN, which must be known in order to avoid iatrogenic injury during surgical procedures on the foot and ankle

El propósito de esta investigación fue estudiar la ramificación cutánea del nervio fibular superficial (NFS), con enfoques topográfico y biométrico, para proveer mayores detalles anatómicos a las cirugías del pie y tobillo. Fueron analizados 30 miembros inferiores, derechos e izquierdos, de 15 cadáveres de individuos brasileños adultos, de sexo masculino. La ramificación cutánea del nervio fue disecada y las medidas fueron tomadas con cinta métrica y paquímetro digital. El nervio se observó en la superficie como tronco único en 66,7% de los casos y dividido en dos ramos en 33,3%. Cuando se presentó como tronco único, emergió a nivel del tercio distal de la pierna en 75%, en el límite entre los tercios medio y distal en 20%, y, en el tercio medio en 5%. Cuando se presentó dividido, los dos ramos tuvieron la misma topografía en 60% de los casos, en general, el tercio distal de la pierna. Al salir a la superficie, el promedio del diámetro externo del nervio, cuando era único, fue de 3,1 ± 0,8 mm, y cuando estaba dividido, uno de sus ramos, el nervio cutáneo dorsal medial (nCDM) del pie, midió 2,4 ± 0,9 mm, y el otro, el nervio cutáneo dorsal intermedio (nCDI) del pie, 2,1 ± 0,6 mm. El nCDM se comunicó con el nervio fibular profundo en 53,3% y el nCDI con el nervio sural en 33,3%. En su distribución en el dorso del pie, el nCDM estuvo relacionado principalmente con el 1er hueso metatarsiano y los dos primeros espacios interóseos, mientras que el nCDI, se relacionó en general, con el cuarto hueso metatarsiano y el tercero y cuarto espacios interóseos. La emergencia y ramificación cutánea del NFS presentan importantes variaciones que deben ser conocidas para evitar lesiones iatrogénicas durante procedimientos quirúrgicos el en pie y tobillo