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Conservative surgical management of in situ subungual melanoma: long-term follow-up

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (6), 2016
Abstract Subungual melanoma represents 20% of all melanomas in Hispanic population. Here, we report the outcome of 15 patients with in situ subungual melanoma treated with resection of the nail unit with a 5-mm margin without amputation, followed up for 55.93 ± 43.08 months. The most common complication...

Artrodesis intercarpiana como tratamiento de salvamento en pacientes con enfermedad de Kienböck

Acta ortop. mex; 30 (6), 2016
Resumen: Introducción: Se analizaron los resultados funcionales de cuatro técnicas quirúrgicas de salvamento para resolver la etapa IIIB-IV de Litchman de la enfermedad de Kienböck. Observamos la evolución de los procedimientos quirúrgicos de salvamento realizados del 2000 al 2015. Material y m...

Swing mesh versus Modified Kugel mesh for primary inguinal hernia repair. A prospective randomized clinical trial

Acta cir. bras; 31 (12), 2016
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;...

Miopatías inflamatorias con evolución recidivante
Relapses in inflammatory myopathies

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (6), 2016
La mayoría de los estudios de tratamiento de las miopatías inflamatorias son de corte y no permiten establecer su eficacia en largo plazo. En este trabajo, describimos el seguimiento de siete pacientes con miopatías inflamatorias, 5 polimiositis y 2 dermatomiositis. Determinamos su presentación, su s...

Mujeres jóvenes con infección por VIH adquirida por transmisión vertical: expectativas de tener hijos no infectados

Rev. chil. infectol; 33 (6), 2016
Introduction: Pediatric antiretroviral therapy (ART), changed the prognosis of the disease, allowing young women infected by vertical transmission (TV) to be pregnant without risk for their fetus of acquiring this infection. Aim: To describe the clinical-immune status in pregnant women that acquired HV b...

The putative catalytic role of higher serotonin bioavailability in the clinical response to exposure and response prevention in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Objective: Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is effective to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but the lack of tolerance to the aversion nature of exposure techniques results in a high drop-out rate. There have been reports of a generic stress endurance effect of serotonin (5-HT) in the cen...

Depression, quality of life, and body composition in patients with end-stage renal disease: a cohort study

Objective: To prospectively evaluate depressive symptoms, nutritional status, and quality of life (QoL) and search for possible associations in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis. Methods: A cohort study of 104 adult patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysi...

Quality of life in mild dementia: patterns of change in self and caregiver ratings over time

Objectives: To determine changes over time in self and caregiver ratings of quality of life (QoL) in people with dementia (PwD) and to identify factors associated with changes in QoL ratings. Methods: In this longitudinal study, 69 people with mild Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers were ass...

Predictores clínicos y funcionales del riesgo de cáncer pulmonar en el seguimiento de una cohorte de adultos fumadores

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (11), 2016
Background: Identifying risk factors for lung cancer in the population could improve the cost-effectiveness of early detection programs using thoracic computed tomography (CT). Aim: To examine the risk factors of lung cancer in a cohort of adult smokers. Patients and Methods: An annual clinical and respi...

Fatores associados à recorrência de quedas em uma coorte de idosos

Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é analisar os fatores associados à recorrência de quedas de idosos na comunidade em Cuiabá. Estudo epidemiológico, prospectivo, de coorte concorrente e seguimento de dois anos, por meio de inquéritos domiciliares em 2012 e em 2013, utilizaram-se os programas Epi Info ...