Sofia Espinoza Raúl Almenara Ana Otero Fecal incontinence is defined as the lack of control of defecation. It is a multifactor condition, involving such factors as mechanical disruption as well as neuromuscular or idiopathic dysfunction. Most of the time it is caused by a loss of anatomic continuity, for example after childbirth, surgery, or other […]
Antonio M. Lacy (Director of the Gastrointestinal Surgery Department) Raúl Almenara (Gastrointestinal Surgery Senior Consultant) Ana Otero (Gastrointestinal Surgery Junior Consultant) Beatriz Martín (Gastrointestinal Surgery Junior Consultant) Hospital Clínic, Barcelona – Spain Case A 72-year-old female patient with no medical history was diagnosed with an mriT3bN0 tumor 2.5 cm from the anal verge. The CT Scan […]
Ainize Ibarzabal (Gastrointestinal Surgery Senior Specialist) Raul Almenara (Gastrointestinal surgery senior specialist) Victor Turrado (Gastrointestinal Surgery Specialist) Hospital Clínic, Barcelona – Spain Case A 48-year-old male with a previous history of positive HIV, controlled with antiretroviral treatment (ARVT), and the human papilloma virus (HPV), which caused a low-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN-1) that was successfully […]
