Objective: To present the clinical characteristics, laboratory analyses, diagnosis, treatment and evolution of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection who underwent an emergency surgery. Materials and methods: A multicenter, descriptive and retrospective study conducted in 45 patients who underwent an emergency surgery for acute (surgical) abdomen with a diagnosis of COVID-19 between April and August 2020. Results: Forty-five (45) patients with acute abdomen underwent surgery, out of which 55.55 % were men and 44.44 % were women, with a mean age of 48.33 years. The most frequently used diagnostic test for COVID-19 was the serology test (88.88 %). All the patients underwent a chest computed tomography scan which showed no alterations (31.11 %) and bilateral consolidation of the lungs (48.88 %). The most frequent diagnoses were acute appendicitis (64.44 %) and intestinal obstruction (15.55 %). ...

Introduction: Improvement in health care is reflected in achieving better results in quality indicators. For quite some time several programs have pursued a reduction of complications and length of stay. A program called Protocol for Improved Recovery in Surgery (PREMEC) has been implemeted at the colorectal surgery service. Objective: The objective of this study is to show results of the implementation of PREMEC. Materials and methods: This is an observational study of two cohorts, 516patients were included. One is a historic cohort (before the protocol) comprised by patients who underwent resective colonic and rectal surgery through an open approach from January 2017 to November 2018. The other prospective cohort includes patients treated under the PREMEC program from December 2018 through to March 2020. This cohort was divided into two groups according to the surgical approach, ...