ABSTRACT Objective: When a lumbar fractures developes a significant deformity, the sagittal balance is altered which can lead to clinical consequences. The aim of this study was to measure and analyze the sagittal balance in patients with lumbar fractures operated with posterior instrumentation after th...
Abstract We present a case of a 12-year-old patient with advanced keratoconus in both eyes who received a two-staged treatment in the right eye (OD) to decrease keratoconus progression rate and rehabilitate patient's vision. At the initial clinical examination, visual acuity without correction in OD was ...
Queratocono/diagnóstico,
Queratocono/cirugÃa,
Agudeza Visual,
TopografÃa de la Córnea,
PaquimetrÃa Corneal,
MicroscopÃa,
Sustancia Propia/cirugÃa,
Prótesis e Implantes,
Implantación de Prótesis/métodos,
Refracción Ocular,
Astigmatismo/cirugÃa,
TomografÃa de Coherencia Óptica,
BiometrÃa,
Cámara Anterior/cirugÃa,
Implantación de Lentes Intraoculares/métodos,
Lentes Intraoculares Fáquicas
ABSTRACT Objective: to assess potential failures in the care process with orthotics, prosthetics and special materials in a high-complexity hospital. Method: an intervention study conducted from March to October 2013. This process was assessed with the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) service t...
Resumen El sangrado varicoso es una urgencia médica con altas tasas de morbimortalidad. De los pacientes que llegan para recibir manejo hospitalario, hasta un 10% no responden a medidas hemostáticas convencionales, por lo que se ha planteado el uso de prótesis metálicas autoexpandibles para el manejo...
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the long-term outcomes of Boston type I keratoprosthesis (B-Kpro) in the management of patients with ocular burn injuries. Methods: This prospective study included all patients with ocular burns who underwent B-Kpro implantation at a tertiary eye care center between Februa...
Introdução: A mamoplastia de aumento é o procedimento
cirúrgico estético mais realizado nos EUA e o segundo no
Brasil. Simastia é uma de suas possÃveis complicações. Esta
é definida como o mal posicionamento medial dos implantes
mamários, que cruzam a linha média, com perda do sulco
intermamÃ...
Mamoplastia,
Mamoplastia/métodos,
Mamoplastia/efectos adversos,
Mama,
Mama/cirugÃa,
Mama/lesiones,
Suturas,
Suturas/efectos adversos,
Complicaciones Posoperatorias,
Complicaciones Posoperatorias/cirugÃa,
Complicaciones Posoperatorias/rehabilitación,
Prótesis e Implantes,
Prótesis e Implantes/efectos adversos,
Enfermedades de la Mama,
Enfermedades de la Mama/complicaciones,
Enfermedades de la Mama/cirugÃa
La ptosis mamaria es una anomalÃa de la mama relativamente frecuente, que se debe resolver con reconstrucción quirúrgica. Los objetivos de la reconstrucción quirúrgica de esta anomalÃa son dos: fundamentalmente corregir la posición inestética de la mama, y
en segundo plano darle consorte al posib...
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate abdominal ventral wound healing by using a specific biomaterial, a handmade polyamide surgical mesh. Methods: A surgical incisional defect was made in ten rabbits to simulate a hernia in the ventral abdominal musculature. A polyamide surgical mesh was used in hernioplasty...
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the effects of red propolis on cheek pouch angiogenesis in a hamster new model sponge implant. Methods: Forty eight animals divided into eight groups. (Groups I-IV), the animals were treated for 15 days before and 10 days after sponge implantation. (Groups V-VIII), the an...
