Enhanced recovery after surgery and long-term oncologic outcomes: post-hoc analysis of the POWER study.

Introduction/objectives: Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality. While Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programs optimize perioperative care, their effect on oncologic prognosis requires further validation. This study evaluates ERAS adherence and five-year survival through a post-hoc analysis of the POWER Study.

Influence of seton configuration, thickness, and laxity on patient comfort in chronic perianal fistula: a prospective comparative study.

Purpose: To determine how seton configuration, thickness, and laxity influence patient comfort and clinical outcomes in the management of chronic perianal fistulas.

Methods: A prospective single-center study was conducted involving 33 patients (53 setons). Both intraindividual paired (n = 20) and independent group analyses (n = 13) were performed.

Postoperative anaemia is associated with poor long term postoperative outcomes after elective colorectal oncologic surgery within an enhanced recovery after surgery pathway.

Background: Anaemia is an independent risk factor for poor perioperative outcomes after major abdominal surgery, and is associated with an increased risk of 30-day postoperative mortality after noncardiac surgery.

Objective: To investigate the frequency of postoperative anaemia and short- and long-term survival after colorectal oncologic surgery at a centre with a well-established Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all patients undergoing elective colorectal oncologic surgery within an ERAS pathway at our institution between 2013 and 2017.

Primary thyroid tuberculosis: a case report.

Involvement of the thyroid gland by tuberculosis is very rare and is usually secondary to disseminated infection. Very few cases of primary thyroid tuberculosis have been described even in countries with a high incidence of this disease. We present the case of a Spanish patient operated for a suspicious thyroid nodule that was finally diagnosed as primary thyroid tuberculosis.