Surgeons of the Consortium health public del Aljarafe published his advances in Surgical Endoscopy journal
this prestigious publication has echoed the phase of learning in minimally invasive surgery without abdominal incision by this centre hospital.
Bormujos, 2011-September members of the service of surgery of the Consortium health public of the Aljarafe (Hospital San Juan from Dios of the Aljarafe) have just published in Surgical Endoscopy magazine an article about the pilot study carried out as implementation prior to the first surgery of Columbus type NOTES (that takes advantage of the natural orifices of the body) without abdominal incision made in July 2010.
Such intervention that removed cancer of the colon in a patient through the vagina without any abdominal incision, pioneered at the global level.
Surgery NOTES (natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery) is intended to minimize the damage produced by classical surgery or laparoscopy, by not producing injury in the abdominal wall, thus reducing the pain and the risk of surgical wound infection.
The study object of this publication took place in the center of surgery of minimal invasion (misc) in Cáceres. It describes technical NOTES of use of the holes natural colon surgery, as well as the results obtained in animal product of the study. After the completion of the same, this team of surgeons applied finally successfully technique in patients.
In this study involving three members of the service of surgery of the Hospital San Juan from Dios of the Aljarafe, turn scientific advisors of the Misc, the doctors Francisco Alba, Antonio Amaya and José Manuel Romero, as well as the Coordinator of surgery laparoscopic and Manager of the Centre of minimum invasion of Cáceres surgery.
To date, a total of 26 speeches of resection of colon using assisted hands, through natural orifices has been in the hospital but assisted laparoscopic abdominal via, which shows the degree of implementation of these techniques in this Center.
Del Aljarafe Dios Hospital San Juan is a Center belonging to the hospitaller order of St. John of God, that with 500 years of history, is present in five continents of the world carried out various social projects, attending different intervention areas ranging from surgical medical hospitalsattention to disability, mental health, social exclusion, the comprehensive care for the elderly.
Always on the cutting edge adapted to new needs and demands, being the hospitality the main value and focused on the dignity of persons, which characterized the work provided in the centres have the hospitaller order.
