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Revista Archivo Médico de Camagüey

versión On-line ISSN 1025-0255

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FLORES MIRANDA, Enrique; FLORES DELGADO, Enrique; FLORES DELGADO, Mayte del Carmen  y  GARCIA BARRIOS, Clara. Study of the surgical anatomy of the xiphoid angle’s. AMC [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.2. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: one of the most laborious and complex surgical procedures are those practiced in the hiatus oesophageus, for the treatment of the peptic ulcer and other diseases, given their anatomical localization and the necessity to use several assistants in a reduced surgical field. Objective: to define the anatomical characteristics of xiphoid angle’s that allows designing a surgical retractor to use in this region. Method: a descriptive and prospective study was carried out, the universe was constituted by two-hundred eighteen workers of the University Hospital "Manuel Ascunce Domenech" of Camagüey, a random sampling of one-hundred adults was chosen. Variables like biotype, age, sex, weight, height, measures of xiphoid angle’s and width of the xiphoid appendix were analyzed. Results: the average age was of 35,5 years; the average weight of 64,8 Kg; the average height was of 1,64m; the average xiphoid angle 86,8º; the width of xiphoid appendix was 1,82cm as average. Conclusions: the width average of xiphoid appendix was 1,82cm.

Palabras clave : XIPHOID BONE [anatomy and histology]; PEPTIC ULCER; EPIDEMIOLOGY DESCRIPTIVE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.

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