ABSTRACT Introduction: Bariatric surgery is currently the gold standard treatment for obesity. The two most accomplished surgeries are the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and the sleeve gastrectomy, and controversies exist in which is better. Objective: To compare the two techniques in relation to weight loss...
ABSTRACT Background: Esophageal cancer neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgery increases the likelihood of treatment success. Aim: To evaluate variables that can influence the number of retrieved lymph nodes, the number of retrieved metastatic lymph nodes and lymphnodal recurrence in esophagectomy afte...
ABSTRACT Background: Obesity is a major health problem. One anastomosis-gastric bypass (OAGB) is a restrictive and malabsorptive weight loss surgery that carries the same characteristics of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in its status as a weight loss mechanism; but, its results remain controversial. Aim: To...
ABSTRACT Background: Since 1990 it was proposed that distal and proximal location of colon cancer might follow different biological, epidemiology, pathology and prognosis, probably due to embryologic different development of the two segments of the colon, which may represent two separate disease entitie...
Resumen: Este artículo describe los resultados de un protocolo de recuperación de participantes (PRP) en la cohorte CHICAMOCHA, tras 12 años desde el último seguimiento, e identificar factores asociados al re-contacto. En un estudio de cohorte prospectiva de 1.644 participantes en Bucaramanga, Colomb...
Las funciones ejecutivas incluyen habilidades como la memoria de trabajo, el control inhibitorio, la planeación y la flexibilidad cognitiva. Estas habilidades, resultan fundamentales para el desarrollo de procesos cognitivos complejos como el aprendizaje de la lectoescritura, encontrando que aquellos ni...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Various bulking agents were utilized for endoscopic correction of VUR. A study reviewing multi-institutional data showed that the amount of injection material has increased over time with the purpose of improving success rates, which also resulted in costs. We noticed an opposite ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To report our experience of retroperitoneoscopic technique in semi-lateral decubitus position for the retroperitoneal nonadrenal ganglioneuromas in 18 patients, and to evaluate its clinical outcomes. Materials and Methods: From January 2012 to May 2016, 18 patients with retroperiton...
Abstract Case report: young adult woman with esthetic complaints regarding her smile and frontal teeth aspect. At first glance, the problem seemed to be only the shape of the lateral upper incisors and a small diastema between the central incisors. The diagnosis shared between the orthodontist and the ...
Cefalometría,
Cerámica,
Modelos Dentales,
Restauración Dental Permanente/métodos,
Coronas con Frente Estético,
Diastema/terapia,
Estética Dental,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Incisivo/anatomía & histología,
Incisivo/diagnóstico por imagen,
Labio,
Maloclusión Clase II de Angle/diagnóstico por imagen,
Maloclusión Clase II de Angle/terapia,
Maxilar,
Aparatos Ortodóncicos Fijos,
Ortodoncia Correctiva/métodos,
Planificación de Atención al Paciente,
Satisfacción del Paciente,
Radiografía Panorámica,
Sonrisa,
Blanqueamiento de Dientes
