Dr. Víctor Hugo Asquel - Cirugía General y Laparoscópica

07/11/2025

disease is the fourth-leading outpatient gastrointestinal diagnosis, accounting for 4 million annual ambulatory care visits and annual health care expenditures of $1.3 billion. 🏥

Although not a life-threatening condition, hemorrhoidal disease reduces quality of life due to a**l bleeding, pruritus, re**al pain and pressure, and sensation of tissue prolapse.

🩺 This JAMA Review discusses the current evidence on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of hemorrhoidal disease.

https://ja.ma/4qK3Gq7

06/11/2025

A p e n d i c e.

04/11/2025

📌 Siewert classification – Oesophagogastric junction adenocarcinomas

• Type I → distal oesophagus, centre 1–5 cm above the esophagogastric union (UEG).

• Type II → true cardias, centre between 1 cm above and 2 cm below the UEG.

• Type III → subcardial, centre 2–5 cm below the UEG.

30/10/2025

28/10/2025

New article to read from University of Helsinki! High cholesterol absorption efficiency interferes with bile acid metabolism and cholesterol elimination from the body.

➡️ Risk of atherosclerosis
➡️ Can be prevented by dietary means combined with ezetimibe and statin treatment

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70031