Revista de Cirugía: Contents, Volumen 26 No. 1

Health care in a model of commercial managed care in Colombia
PATIÑO JF

Special article

Statement by the National Academy of Medicine on the Colombian commercial “managed” care health system
MALAGÓN G

Original articles

Lung wedge resections for histopathologic study: Experience in Bucaramanga, Colombia
TAPIAS-VARGAS LF, SANTAMARÍA CM, TAPIAS-VARGAS L, TAPIAS L

Experience with the sentinel node technique in breast cancer in Medellín, Colombia
RESTREPO C, ESTRADA J, MESA G, ARANGO A, D’AMATO M, ESCOBAR A, OLARTE AM, MATUTE G

Frequency of acute surgical abdomen in patients consulting the emergency service
BEJARANOM, GALLEGO CX, GÓMEZ JR

Reoperations in bariatric surgery, conversion to a different type of procedure
VÉLEZ JP, ARIAS R, GÓMEZ S

Liver resection without advanced technologies, eight years experience
NARI G, MORENO E, FELIU L, AZAR R, BONAPARTE F

Case presentations

Single site cholecystectomy utilizing a surgical glove
PARRA MW, PUENTES-MANOSALVA FE, SUÁREZ JM

Carcinoid tumor of the appendix
FLORIÁN MC, URIBE A, CARDONA CP

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