ABSTRACT Purpose: The optical quality of the interface after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) using the big-bubble technique has been shown to be excellent, leading to results comparable to penetrating keratoplasty. However, there is little in the literature with respect to the controversy sur...
Lámina Limitante Posterior/cirugía,
Endotelio Corneal/trasplante,
Rechazo de Injerto,
Queratocono/cirugía,
Queratoplastia Penetrante/métodos,
Tratamientos Conservadores del Órgano/métodos,
Periodo Posoperatorio,
Periodo Preoperatorio,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Factores de Tiempo,
Donantes de Tejidos,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Agudeza Visual/fisiología
ABSTRACT Objective To analyze predictive demographic and perioperative variables of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients who underwent exclusively coronary artery bypass grafting. Methods This was a retrospective cohort. We randomly selected 105 medical records of patients who underwent excl...
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the clinical and functional behavior of patients undergoing cuff tear arthroplasty at different stages of the disease. Methods Cuff tear arthroplasty hemiarthroplasties were performed in 34 patients with rotator cuff arthropathy and associated comorbidities, classified ...
Artroplastía de Reemplazo de Hombro/métodos,
Hemiartroplastia/métodos,
Enfermedades Musculares/cirugía,
Lesiones del Manguito de los Rotadores/cirugía,
Cabeza Humeral/cirugía,
Enfermedades Musculares/fisiopatología,
Dimensión del Dolor,
Satisfacción del Paciente,
Periodo Posoperatorio,
Periodo Preoperatorio,
Recuperación de la Función,
Lesiones del Manguito de los Rotadores/complicaciones,
Resultado del Tratamiento
ABSTRACT Objective: To report an initial experience with a digital drainage system during the postoperative period of pediatric thoracic surgery. Methods: This was a prospective observational study involving consecutive patients, ≤ 14 years of age, treated at a pediatric thoracic surgery outpatie...
ABSTRACT Purpose: This study was to confirm the safety and efficacy of BC dressing when used in surgical male wound healing at the urogenital area. Methods: Open, non-controlled clinical study of phase II. A total of 141 patients, among those children, adolescents and adults with hypospadias (112), epi...
Vendajes,
Epispadias/cirugía,
Hipospadias/cirugía,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Enfermedades del Pene/cirugía,
Induración Peniana/cirugía,
Pene/cirugía,
Fimosis/cirugía,
Poliuretanos/uso terapéutico,
Periodo Posoperatorio,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Anomalías Urogenitales/cirugía,
Técnicas de Cierre de Heridas,
Cicatrización de Heridas
ABSTRACT Background Since Chagas disease has esophageal manifestations with different degrees of involvement, the best surgical option is controversial, especially for patients with advanced chagasic megaesophagus and recurrent symptoms after previous treatment. Objective To assess the early and late o...
Anastomosis Quirúrgica/métodos,
Cardias/cirugía,
Enfermedad de Chagas/complicaciones,
Enfermedad de Chagas/cirugía,
Acalasia del Esófago/etiología,
Acalasia del Esófago/patología,
Acalasia del Esófago/cirugía,
Esofagectomía/métodos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Complicaciones Posoperatorias,
Periodo Posoperatorio,
Recurrencia,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Resultado del Tratamiento
ABSTRACT In this study, we aim to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of flexible ureterorenoscopy (f-URS) for solitary and multiple renal stones with <300 mm2 stone burden. Patients' charts who treated with f-URS for kidney stone between January 2010 and June 2015 were reviewed, retrospectively. P...
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Cálculos Renales/cirugía,
Cálculos Renales/terapia,
Litotripsia por Láser/métodos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Periodo Posoperatorio,
Cuidados Preoperatorios,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Factores Sexuales,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Ureteroscopios,
Ureteroscopía/métodos
ABSTRACT In order to verify indications for surgery, 27 patients with refractory epileptic seizures and brain tumor, aged up to 19 years at the time of surgery, were studied between 1996 and 2013 and followed up for at least one year. The mean interval between the onset of seizures and the diagnosis of t...
Neoplasias Encefálicas/complicaciones,
Neoplasias Encefálicas/cirugía,
Estudios Transversales,
Epilepsia/complicaciones,
Epilepsia/cirugía,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Ganglioglioma/complicaciones,
Ganglioglioma/cirugía,
Neoplasias Neuroepiteliales/complicaciones,
Neoplasias Neuroepiteliales/cirugía,
Neurocirujanos,
Procedimientos Neuroquirúrgicos,
Periodo Posoperatorio,
Cuidados Preoperatorios,
Estudios Retrospectivos
ABSTRACT PURPOSE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a new mesh in the pre-peritoneal repair of inguinal hernia. METHODS We randomly divided 120 patients undergoing pre-peritoneal repair into 2 groups between March 2012 and December 2013. The patients were randomized to receive the Swing mesh (n=60;...
Hernia Inguinal/cirugía,
Herniorrafia/métodos,
Mallas Quirúrgicas,
Dolor Crónico/etiología,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Herniorrafia/efectos adversos,
Herniorrafia/instrumentación,
Tempo Operativo,
Dolor Postoperatorio,
Complicaciones Posoperatorias/etiología,
Periodo Posoperatorio,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Recurrencia,
Técnicas de Sutura,
Resultado del Tratamiento
La perforación asociada a infección intraabdominal difusa por Candida spp. es excepcional. Suele asociarse a pacientes inmunodeprimidos o con enfermedad tumoral avanzada. Presentamos 2 casos de perforación digestiva secundaria a candidiasis invasiva. En el primer caso, una mujer de 68 años con una pe...
Candida,
Candidiasis,
Candidiasis Invasiva,
Choque Séptico,
Colectomía,
Indicadores de Morbimortalidad,
Infecciones Intraabdominales,
Laparotomía,
Neoplasias,
Periodo Posoperatorio,
Urgencias Médicas
