Throughout the academic year, first-year medical students showed increased anxiety, decreased academic motivation and a maladjusted leisure/social life, which however does not seem to affect academic achievement.

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Objective To evaluate the use of misoprostol prior to hysteroscopy procedures regarding technical ease, the presence of side effects, and the occurrence of complications. Methods This is a retrospective, observational, analytical, case-control study, with the review of medical records of 266 patients followed-up at the Gynecological Videoendoscopy Sector of the Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto of the Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMRP – USP, in the Portuguese acronym) from 2014 to 2019, comparing 133 patients who used the drug before the procedure with 133 patients who did not. Results The occurrence of postmenopausal uterine bleeding was the main indication for hysteroscopy and revealed a statistical difference between groups (p < 0.001), being present in 93.23% of the patients in the study group and in 69.7% of the patients in the control group. Only 2 patients (1.5%) in the study group reported adverse effects. Although no statistical differences were observed regarding the occurrence of complications during the procedure (p = 0.0662), a higher total number of complications was noted in the group that used misoprostol (n = 7; 5.26%) compared with the group that did not use the drug (n = 1; 0.75%), a fact that is clinically relevant. When evaluating the ease of the technique (measured by the complete performance of all steps of the hysteroscopy procedure), it was verified that although there was no difference between groups (p = 0.0586), the control group had more than twice as many incompletely performed procedures (n = 17) when compared with the group that used misoprostol previously (n = 8), which is also clinically relevant. Conclusion The use of misoprostol prior to hysteroscopy in our service indicated that the drug can facilitate the performance of the procedure, but not without side effects and presenting higher complication rates.

RESUMO: Apesar de se reconhecer que existe um maior risco de câncer em portadores de doença de Crohn (DC), até o presente momento foram descritos menos de 150 casos na literatura mundial. Os principais fatores de risco são a instalação precoce, a longa evolução da doença, a ocorrência de doença fistulosa crônica e a presença de alça exclusa comprometida. Relato de caso. Paciente MCAN, de 53 anos de idade, do sexo feminino, de cor branca, havia sido submetida à ileocolectomia direita aos 17 anos, por obstrução intestinal, decorrente de DC em íleo distal. Há um ano, devido a novo quadro obstrutivo, foi submetida a laparotomia exploradora quando se encontrou massa na região da anastomose ileocólica, caracterizada como adenocarcinoma mucossecretor. Discussão: Na maioria dos casos relatados, o câncer instala-se muitos anos após o início dos sintomas, ocorrendo em cerca de 80% dos pacientes após 20 anos do diagnóstico de DC. O tumor é habitualmente de crescimento insidioso e leva à obstrução intestinal. Apenas 10% dos pacientes sobrevivem dois anos livres da doença. O presente caso mostra características identificadas na maioria dos pacientes com DC que desenvolvem neoplasia de intestino delgado: tumor se desenvolvendo muitos anos após a instalação da enfermidade e com comportamento agressivo. Descritores RELATO DE CASOA paciente M.C.A.N., de 53 anos de idade, do sexo feminino, de cor branca, foi submetida, aos 17 anos de idade, à ileocolectomia direita por obstrução intestinal, decorrente de DC que comprometia o íleo distal. Desde então, apresentava ocasionalmente dores abdominais em cólica. Com 52 anos desenvolveu quadro de obstrução intestinal, tendo sido submetida à

To compare the operative outcomes of laparoscopic surgical treatment for bowel endometriosis in a public teaching hospital versus in a private referral hospital. Methods: The indications for surgery, type and time of operation, length of hospital stay, need for a temporary stoma, rate of conversion to open surgery, and postoperative complications were evaluated. Results: One hundred eighty-one patients were included (150 patients, 82.9%, in a private hospital). In the private hospital, there were more patients with infertility [56% vs. 29%; P=0.01] as an indication for surgery) and segmental resection was more common in the private hospital (48% vs. 29%, p=0.05). The average operative time (211.9±83.4 minutes vs. 128 ± 55 minutes, p<0.001) as well as the length of hospital stay (3.97±1.7 days vs. 1.56±0.85 days, p<0.001) was higher in the public hospital; the rate of conversion to open surgery was significantly lower in the private hospital (2% vs. 32.3%, p<0.001). Operations performed at the public hospital were associated with higher rates of postoperative complications (Clavien-Dindo II and II) (38.7% x 11.3%, p=0.021; OR 3.2, CI 95% 1.2-8.0). Conclusion: Laparoscopic surgery in private centers was associated with reductions in major complications, surgical times, lengths of stay and rates of conversion to open surgery compared to that in public teaching hospitals.

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