Endocrine Surgery Department Hospital del Mar, Barcelona (Spain – Spain Case We present the case of a 58-year-old man with no other part medical history had consulted for dysphagia and inspiratory difficulty due to the presence of a large normofunctioning, endothoracic goiter, mainly dependent on the asymmetric left thyroid lobe and clearly visible on chest x-ray. The […]
José M. Balibrea , M.D., Ph.D. Hospital Vall d’Hebron – Barcelona, Spain Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is currently the most common cause of chronic liver disease. In general terms, its overall prevalence varies between 20% and 50% in Western countries and it is the leading cause of hepatocellular carcinoma and will be the most important […]
Beatriz Martín Pérez Victor Turrado Ana Otero Beatriz Martin Hospital Clínic, Barcelona – Spain Jose Balibrea Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona – Spain Recent decades have seen the emergence of minimally invasive surgery, mainly laparoscopic surgery. This surgical approach has some limitations for surgeons: hand-eye coordination, a two-dimensional view, and a restricted range of motion. In […]
