Revista de Cirugía: Contents, Volumen 32 No. 1

Editorial

Role of the teacher, the life example, and the master in the medical education
Vergara A

Especial article

From laparoscopic cholecystectomy to laparoscopic hepatectomy: Thirty years of surgical evolution in the patient´s benefit.
Guevara Ó

Original articles

Gall bladder empyema and postoperative antibiotic treatment: Indication or tradition?
Facundo-Navia H, Trujillo-Vidal JH

Laparoscopic approach versus classic open procedure in the treatment of acute appendicitis.
Onieva FG, Roldán S, Domínguez JR, Montero JP, Galnares A, Peralta J

Clinical superiority of laparoscopic appendectomy over the open technique: sluggish adoption of a new standard of treatment?
Toro JP, Barrera ÓJ, Morales CH

Subject review articles

Change of the educational paradigm in the teaching of laparoscopic surgery.
García GA, Jiménez G, Barrios AJ, Guevara RE, Ruiz JP, Mendivelso FO

Is it clinically worthwhile to evaluate the state of the KRAS, NRAS, BRAF, PTEN, and HER2 genes in patients with colorectal cancer?
Vergara É, Alvis N, Suárez A

Case presentations

Cystic disease of the adventitial layer of the popliteal artery
Schiapp acasse G, De La Barra C, Ibáñez F

Aneurysm of persistent sciatic artery with secondary ischemia of the lower extremity, literature review and case presentation
Morales CA , García G, Uribe JA, Timarán RF, Mejía A

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