Hospital Clínico: Recent submissions

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    • Trends in total knee arthroplasty in a developing region: a survey of Latin American orthopaedic surgeons 
      Figueroa, David; Figueroa, Francisco; Calvo, Rafael; Vaisman, Alex; Figueroa, María; Putnis, Sven (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020)
      Introduction: A number of different total knee arthroplasty techniques are available. There is also a degree of surgeon preference for these, and the variation across orthopaedic surgeons in Latin America is currently ...
    • Thoracoscopic approach for complications after esophageal atresia repair: initial experience 
      Cano Novillo, Indalecio; Aneiros Castro, Belén; Godoy Lenz, Jorge; Puentes Rivera, María Consuela; García Vázquez, Araceli; Moreno Zegarra, Cecilia (Wiley, 2020)
      Introduction Improvements in technology and health care have helped reduce morbidity and mortality in patients with esophageal atresia. However, postoperative complications such as dehiscences, strictures, and recurrent ...
    • Shoulder terrible triad: classification, functional results, and prognostic factors 
      Marsalli, Michael; Sepúlveda, Óscar; Morán, Nicolás; Breyer, Juan Manuel (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020)
      Introduction: The shoulder terrible triad (STT) is a traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation, associated with rotator cuff (RC) tear and nerve injury from the brachial plexus. This study aimed to describe the functional ...
    • Post-stroke aphasia in spanish language: the effect of demographic variables 
      González Victoriano, Rafael; Rojas, Macarena; Ardila, Alfredo (Routledge, 2020)
    • Niveles de autoanticuerpos en pacientes con Dengue 
      Year, Romero; González, Ricardo; Pablo, Andrés (Instituto de Investigación Clínica, 2020)
      La infección por el virus del dengue produce una enfermedad febril aguda leve autolimitante, fiebre del dengue (DF) y una enfermedad grave que pone en peligro la vida, fiebre hemorrágica del dengue (DHF) con hemorragia ...
    • Early non-invasive brain stimulation with modified constraint-induced movement therapy for motor and ... 
      Garrido Montenegro, Maricel A.; Álvarez Espinoza, Evelyn A.; Acevedo, Fabrizio; Moyano Vera, Álvaro; Castillo, Natalia; Cavada Chacón, Gabriel (SAGE, 2020)
      Introduction Upper limb motor impairment after a stroke is an important sequela. Constraint-induced movement therapy is a rehabilitation approach that has strong evidence. The incorporation of transcranial direct-current ...
    • Direct-acting antivirals and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: No evidence of higher wait-list progression or ... 
      Piñero, Federico; Boin, Ilka; Chagas, Aline; Quiñonez, Emilio; Marciano, Sebastián; Vilatobá, Mario; Santos, Luisa; Anders, Margarita; Hoyos Duque, Sergio; Soares Lima, Agnaldo; Menéndez, Josemaría; Padilla, Martín; Poniachik Teller, Jaime; Zapata, Rodrigo; Maraschio, Martín; Chong Menéndez, Ricardo; Muñoz, Linda; Arufe, Diego; Figueroa, Rodrigo; Mendizábal, Manuel; Hurtado Gómez, Sahara; Stucchi, Raquel; Maccali, Claudia; Vergara Sandoval, Rodrigo; Bermudez, Carla; McCormack, Lucas; Varón, Adriana; Gadano, Adrián; Mattera, Juan; Rubinstein, Fernando; Carrilho, Flair; Silva, Marcelo (Wiley, 2020)
      The association between direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) wait-list progression or its recurrence following liver transplantation (LT) remains uncertain. We evaluated the impact of DAAs on ...
    • Genital injuries: are they telling us something about sexual violence? 
      Orellana Campos, Carolina (Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia, 2020)
      Genital injury has a forensic relevance after a sexual assault and it has been discussed and investigated among professionals who work in this field. To analyze the studies published in the last decades, the present review ...
    • Pro-inflammatory markers negatively regulate IRS1 in endometrial cells and endometrium from women with ... 
      Oróstica Arévalo, María Lorena; Poblete Rivas, Cristian; Romero Osses, Carmen; Vega Blanco, María Margarita (Springer, 2020)
      A pro-inflammatory environment is characteristic of obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). This environment through cytokines secretion negatively affects insulin action. Endometria from women with both conditions ...
    • Effectiveness of sleep deprivation in treating acute bipolar depression as augmentation strategy: a systematic ... 
      Ramírez Mahaluf, Juan; Rozas Serri, Enzo; Ivanovic Zuvic, Fernando; Risco Neira, Luis; Vöhringer, Paul (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Background: Bipolar disorder is a disabling disease characterized by the recurrence of mood episodes. Successful strategies for the acute treatment of bipolar depression are still a matter of controversy. Total sleep ...
    • Single- versus double-injection costoclavicular block: a randomized comparison 
      Layera Ramos, Sebastián; Aliste Muñoz, Julián; Bravo Advis, Daniela; Fernández Mujica, Diego; García, Armando; Finlayson, Roderick; Tran, D. Q. (BMJ, 2020)
      Background The costoclavicular approach targets the brachial plexus in the proximal infraclavicular fossa, where the lateral, medial, and posterior cords are tightly bundled together. This randomized trial compared single- ...
    • Further delineation of neuropsychiatric findings in Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome due to disease-causing ... 
      Tenorio, Jair; Alarcón Arias, Pablo; Arias, Pedro; Dapia, Irene; Garcia Minaur, Sixto; Bralo, María Palomares; Campistol, Jaume; Climent, Salvador; Valenzuela, Irene; Ramos, Sergio; Monseny, Antonio; Grondona, Fermina; Botet, Javier; Serrano, Mercedes; Solis, Mario; Santos Simarro, Fernando; Alvarez, Sara; Teixido Tura, Gisela; Jaen, Alberto; Gordo, Gema; Rivera, María Belén; Nevado, Julián; Hernández, Alicia; Cigudosa, Juan C.; Ruiz Pérez, Víctor; Tizzano, Eduardo; Lapunzina, Pablo (Nature, 2020)
      Tatton-Brown-Rahman (TBRS) syndrome is a recently described overgrowth syndrome caused by loss of function variants in the DNMT3A gene. This gene encodes for a DNA methyltransferase 3 alpha, which is involved in epigenetic ...
    • The many faces of XMEN disease, report of two patients with novel mutations 
      Hoyos Bachiloglu, Rodrigo; Concha, Sara; Sepúlveda, Pablo; Campos, Roberto; Pérez Mateluna, Guillermo; King, Alejandra; Zúñiga, Pamela (Springer, 2020)
    • The insulin-sensitizing mechanism of myo-inositol is associated with AMPK activation and GLUT-4 expression ... 
      Cabrera Cruz, Heidy; Oróstica, Lorena; Plaza Parrochia, Francisca; Torres Pinto, Ignacio; Romero, Carmen; Vega, Margarita (American Physiological Society, 2020)
      Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine-metabolic disorder characterized by hyperandrogenism and ovulatory dysfunction but also obesity and hyperinsulinemia. These characteristics induce an insulin-resistant state ...
    • Using acute optic neuritis trials to assess neuroprotective and remyelinating therapies in multiple sclerosis 
      Andorra, Magi; Alba-Arbalat, Salut; Camos Carreras, Anna; Gabilondo, Inigo; Fraga Pumar, Elena; Torres Torres, Rubén; Pulido Valdeolivas, Irene; Tercero Uribe, Ana I.; Guerrero Zamora, Ana M.; Ortiz Pérez, Santiago; Zubizarreta, Irati; Sola Valls, Nuria; Llufriu, Sara; Levy Sepúlveda, María Paz; Martínez Hernández, Eugenia; Armangue, Thais; Blanco, Yolanda; Villoslada, Pablo; Sánchez Dalmau, Bernardo; Saiz, Albert; Martínez Lapiscina, Elena H. (AmerAmerican Medical Association, 2020)
      Importance Neuroprotective and remyelinating therapies are required for multiple sclerosis (MS), and acute optic neuritis (AON) is a potential condition to evaluate such treatments. Objective To comprehensively assess key ...
    • Global Survey of Outcomes of Neurocritical Care Patients: Analysis of the PRINCE Study Part 2 
      Venkatasubba Rao, Chethan P.; Suárez, José I.; Martin, Renee H.; Bauza, Colleen; Georgiadis, Alexandros; Calvillo, Eusebia; Hemphill, J. Claude; Sung, Gene; Oddo, Mauro; Taccone, Fabio Silvio; LeRoux, Peter D. (Humana Press, 2020)
      Background Neurocritical care is devoted to the care of critically ill patients with acute neurological or neurosurgical emergencies. There is limited information regarding epidemiological data, disease characteristics, ...
    • The Latin American experience with a next generation sequencing genetic panel for recessive limb-girdle ... 
      Bevilacqua, Jorge; Guecaimburu Ehuletche, María del Rosario; Perna, Abayuba; Dubrovsky, Alberto; Franca, Marcondes C.; Vargas, Steven; Hegde, Madhuri; Claeys, Kristl G.; Straub, Volker; Daba, Nadia; Faria, Roberta; Periquet, Magali; Sparks, Susan; Thibault, Nathan; Araujo, Roberto (BMC, 2020)
      Background Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a group of neuromuscular disorders of heterogeneous genetic etiology with more than 30 directly related genes. LGMD is characterized by progressive muscle weakness involving ...
    • Refractory epilepsy associated with anti-ribosomal P antibodies successfully treated with topiramate 
      Uribe San Martín, R.; Ciampi, E.; Cruz, J. P.; Vásquez, M.; Cárcamo, C. (Elsevier, 2020)
      We report the case of a 25-year-old woman who developed temporal lobe epilepsy associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples showed high titers of anti-ribosomal P (anti-P) ...
    • Initial experience in Chile with stent implantation in the right ventricle outflow tract in high-risk ... 
      Valderrama, Paulo; Garay, Francisco; Springmüller, Daniel; Briones, Yeny; Aguirre, Daniel; González, Rodrigo; Becker, Pedro; Zamora, Guillermo; Sánchez, Luis; Castillo, Gabriel; Palominos, Gilberto; Cárddenas, Luis (Springer, 2020)
      Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) treatment is difficult in patients with surgical risk factors or unfavorable anatomy. Stent implantation in the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) is an option for these patients. We report ...
    • Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy reduces hospital stay in mild gallstone pancreatitis. A randomized ... 
      Riquelme, Francisco; Marinkovic, Boris; Salazar, Marco; Martínez, Waldo; Catan, Felipe; Uribe Echevarría, Sebastián; Puelma, Felipe; Muñoz, Jorge; Canals, Andrea; Astudillo, Cristian; Uribe, Mario (Elsevier, 2020)
      Background: Two strategies for same-admission cholecystectomy in mild gallstone pancreatitis (MGP) exist: early surgery (within 48-72 h from admission) and delayed surgery until resolution of symptoms and normalization of ...