Introducción: la elastografía en tiempo real, 2D-SWE (Supersonic), es una prueba no invasiva que se utiliza para determinar elasticidad del hígado y, de esa forma, calcular el grado fibrosis hepática. En Colombia, introdujo 2016 y existen hasta momento estudios comportamiento todos los pacientes hepáticos, solo han publicado sanos cirróticos.
 Objetivo: analizar experiencia aplicación suje...

Introduction This study aimed to investigate the outcome of hybrid endovenous laser ablation (EVLA, 1470 nm) and radiofrequency (RFA) procedures for varicose veins (VVs). Material methods We retrospectively analyzed clinical data patients from July 2019 December 2020. Eighty-four (121 limbs) underwent EVLA procedure, 108 (151 RFA procedure. The outcomes, venous severity score (VCSS), chronic di...

A patient undergoing repeated endoscopic injection therapy for important bleeding from a duodenal ulcer developed intestinal perforation followed by extrahepatic obstructive jaundice resulting from benign biliary stricture. It is proposed that these complications were a consequence of the use of ethanolamine oleate as part of the injection regimen and caution against the use of this material is...

To the Editor: The idea of inducing inflammation of a joint and adjacent structures to allow for the proliferation of scar tissue in an effort to stabilize a joint is not a new one. In the fifth century BC, Hippocrates supposedly treated separated shoulders by cauterizing areas of the shoulder to promote axillary scarring. Sclerotherapy, the injection of areas around the enthesis with an inflam...

Abstract Introduction To evaluate the efficacy and safety of embolo-sclerotherapy (EST) low-flow vascular malformations (LFVM) in a specialist anomalies centre. Methods All patients with LFVM who underwent EST from 01 January 2015–31 December 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. ESTs performed foam STS 3%, ethanol, coils and/or other substances e.g. triamcinolone. LFVMs grouped according to Puig...