Strategies to advance recovery (StAr) protocol implemented colorectal cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemicBackground: SARS-CoV-2 hampered the resolution of multiple diseases, including cancer. Aim: To show that a multidisciplinary program of Strategies to Advance Recovery (STAR) can be implemented in a public hospital in Chile, despite the global pandemic and state of a national catastrophe, to provide a solution to cancer patients. Material and Methods: A retrospective descriptive study, of patients requiring an elective resolution of a colorectal cancer. Patients met the inclusion criteria, established in the STAR program. A total of 24 perioperative interventions were performed in the protocol. Demographic variables, days of hospitalization, complications, mortality, and readmissions were described. Results: The 24 interventions of the protocol were successfully implemented, although some partially. Sixteen patients aged 53 to 83 years (50% women) were operated. The median length of hospitalization was four days (range 2 to 9). Four complications were recorded, all were grade I or II according to the Clavien-Dindo classification. Two patients were readmitted. There were no reoperations or mortality. One patient was infected with coronavirus, diagnosed at the time of readmission. Conclusions: The STAR protocol reduces the length of hospital stay. In a pandemic context such as COVID-19 it becomes a useful resource and can be implemented in cancer patients, as herein reported.
Introducción: La fístula rectovaginal es una patología quirúrgica compleja de tratar. El trauma perineal obstétrico y las enfermedades inflamatorias intestinales, especialmente la Enfermedad de Crohn son las causas más frecuentes. La reparación quirúrgica con un Colgajo de Martius en manos experimentadas ha mostrado buenos resultados con mínima morbilidad en pacientes seleccionados.Material y métodos: Presentamos un caso clínico de una paciente que cursó con una fístula rectovaginal post-parto tardía, la cual recidivó precozmente luego de intentar tratamiento quirúrgico consistente en un colgajo de avance, siendo necesaria la desfuncionalización del tránsito con una colostomía en asa. Posteriormente se realizó un Colgajo de Martius con resultado exitoso.Resultados: Evolución satisfactoria. Cursó con dehiscencia de la herida perineal la cual requirió solo curaciones ambulatorias. Luego de 8 meses posterior a la confección del Colgajo de Martius, se realizó el cierre de colostomía. A los 30 meses post colgajo, la paciente se encuentra en buenas condiciones, sin evidencia de recidiva y tránsito intestinal normal.Conclusión: En este caso clínico, el colgajo de Martius fue una alternativa segura y efectiva en el tratamiento de una fístula rectovaginal recidivada.
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