Yoelimar Guzmán, MD Gastrointestinal Surgery Resident Ana Otero, MD, PhD Gastrointestinal Surgery Specialist Raúl Almenara, MD, PhD Gastrointestinal Surgery Specialist Senior AIS Channel Medical Team Hospital Clinic, Barcelona Rectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in males and the second in females, only after lung, prostate and breast cancer. In 2018, 1.8 million […]
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 […]
