Transplant nephrectomy: Our experience over the last 15 years

Surgical lung biopsy for diffuse lung disease. Our experience in the last 15 years.

INTRODUCTION Surgical lung biopsy is a technique that presents a morbi-mortality rate of considerable importance. We analyze our experience with surgical lung biopsies for the diagnosis of diffuse lung disease and the effect produced on the indications for surgical biopsy in these pathologies after the publication of the consensus of the ATS (American Thoracic Society) and ERS (European Respira...

Infantile spinal atrophy: Our experience in the last 25 years

[Infantile spinal atrophy: our experience in the last 25 years].

OBJECTIVES To determine the incidence of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in our study population and genetic distribution and epidemiological and clinical characteristics and to analyze the level of care and development. MATERIAL AND METHOD Retrospective descriptive study of patients treated in our hospital in the past 25 years (from 1987 to early 2013), with a clinical and neurophysiological d...

[Boerhaave's syndrome: a review of our experience over the last 16 years].

OBJECTIVE Report our experience in the diagnosis and treatment of Boerhaave syndrome by retrospective study from 1997 to 2013. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective study was conducted covering the time frame of 1997 to 2013. RESULTS There were a total of 5 men (71%) and 2 women (29%) and the mean age was 54 years (range: 33-80 years). Diagnosis was made through computed tomography scan in 5...

Duodenal Atresia: Open versus MIS Repair—Analysis of Our Experience over the Last 12 Years

Objective. Duodenal atresia (DA) routinely has been corrected by laparotomy and duodenoduodenostomy with excellent long-term results. We revisited the patients with DA treated in the last 12 years (2004-2016) comparing the open and the minimally invasive surgical (MIS) approach. Methods. We divided our cohort of patients into two groups. Group 1 included 10 patients with CDO (2004-09) treated w...