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Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage carries high mortality and disability rates and usually affects deep brain structures. We have implemented a self-designed low-cost 3D-printed illuminated endoport for the surgical drainage of a deep spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in a patient who arrived with right hemiparesis and a GCS score of 10. A minimally invasive approach was made and our patient had a favorable functional outcome after surgery. Carrying out this approach with a low-cost 3D-printed endoport makes it possible to offer a safe and efficient treatment option to a low-income country population.

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Background: In the movement for global health equity, increased research and funding have not yet addressed a shortage of evidence on effectively implementing context-specific interventions; one unmet need is facilitating access to specialty care within the public health sector in Mexico. Compañeros en Salud has been piloting a novel program, called Right to Healthcare (RTHC), to increase access to specialty care for the rural poor in Chiapas, Mexico. The RTHC program incorporates social work, patient navigation, referrals, direct economic support, and accompaniment for patients. Objectives: This study evaluates the effectiveness of the RTHC program. Primary outcomes analyzed included acceptance of any referral and attendance of any appointment. Secondary outcomes included acceptance of the first referral and rate of appointment attendance for patients with an accepted referral. Methods: Using referral process data for the years 2014 to 2019 from a public tertiary care hospital in Chiapas, 91 RTHC patients were matched using 2:1 optimal pair matching with a control cohort balancing covariates of patient age, sex, specialty referred to, level of referring hospital, and municipality. Findings: RTHC patients were more likely to have had an accepted referral (OR 17.42, 95% CI 3.68 to 414.16) and to have attended an appointment (OR 5.49, 95% CI 2.93 to 11.60) compared to the matched control group. RTHC patients were also more likely to have had their first referral accepted (OR 2.78, 95% CI 1.29 to 6.73). Among patients with an accepted referral, RTHC patients were more likely to have attended an appointment (OR 3.86, 95% CI 1.90 to 8.57). Conclusions: The results demonstrate that the RTHC model is successful in increasing access to specialty care by both increasing referral acceptance and appointment attendance.

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BACKGROUND: Albumin, along with other proteins, is abnormally eliminated via the urine during early stages of diabetic nephropathy. Moreover, endothelial dysfunction (ED) accompanying early diabetic nephropathy may develop even before microalbuminuria is detectable. Transferrin has a molecular weight comparable to albumin, whereas transferrinuria and microalbuminuria in a 24-h urine sample may comparably reflect early diabetic nephropathy. Whereas transferrin metabolism is related with ED during very early diabetic nephropathy has not been elucidated yet. This case-control study aimed to evaluate the relation between ED and urine transferrin, even before early diabetic nephropathy is present. METHODS: Patients were enrolled from two study sites in Mexico City: Ticomán General Hospital (healthy controls); and a Specialized Clinic for the Management of the Diabetic Patient (cases). All patients provided written informed consent. The primary endpoint was the correlation between urinary transferrin concentration and ED measured in type 2 diabetic patients without albuminuria. ED was evaluated by ultrasonographic validated measurements, which included carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and flow mediated dilation (FMD). Plasma biomarkers included glycated hemoglobin, creatinine, cholesterol and triglycerides, as well as urine albumin, transferrin and evidence of urinary tract infection. RESULTS: Sixty patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (t2DM; n = 30) or without t2DM (n = 30), both negative for microalbuminuria, were recruited. The group with t2DM were older, with higher values of HbA1c and higher ED. This group also showed significant differences in urine transferrin and urine/plasma transferrin ratio, as compared with healthy controls (14.4 vs. 18.7 mg/mL, p = 0.04, and 74.2 vs. 49.5; p = 0.01; respectively). Moreover, urine transferrin correlated with higher CIMT values (r = 0.37, p = 0.04), being particularly significant for t2DM population. CIMT also correlated with time from t2DM diagnosis (r = 0.48, p < 0.001) and HbA1c (r = 0.48; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Urine transferrin correlated with subclinical atherogenesis in patients with t2DM without renal failure, suggesting its potential to identify cardiovascular risk in patients at very early nephropathy stage without microalbuminuria.

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pediatric cerebrovascular disease carries significant morbidity and mortality. Early recognition of a pediatric stroke as well and its most common risk factors are important, but that diagnosis is often delayed. It is believed that the incidence in our center is higher than it appears. This study aims to assess the incidence and characteristics of the pediatric stroke in our university hospital. Likewise, this study seeks to evaluate if a longer symptoms-to-diagnosis time is associated with mortality in patients with ischemic stroke. METHODS: A retrospective study including children with stroke admitted to the UANL University Hospital from January 2013 to December 2016. RESULTS: A total of 41 patients and 46 stroke episodes were admitted. About 45.7% had an ischemic stroke and 54.3% had a hemorrhagic stroke. A mortality of 24.4% and a morbidity of 60.9% were recorded. Regarding ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, an increased symptoms-to-diagnosis time and a higher mortality were obtained with a relative risk of 2.667 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.09-6.524, p = 0.013) and 8.0 (95% CI: 2.18-29.24, p = < 0.0001), respectively. A continuous increase in the incidence rate, ranging from 4.57 to 13.21 per 1,000 admissions comparing the first period (2013) versus the last period (2016), p = 0.02, was found in our center. CONCLUSIONS: Pediatric stroke is a rare disease; however, its incidence shows a continuous increase. More awareness toward pediatric stroke is needed.

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INTRODUCTION: This case report illustrates a new variant in the anterior cerebral artery complex, identified during carotid angioplasty. CLINICAL CASE: A 50-year-old male patient diagnosed with left carotid stenosis was diagnosed and treated by a cerebral angiography. During the procedure, crossed circulation in the anterior cerebral artery was identified. The presence of this variation demanded to discard distal emboli or artery dissection. Angioplasty was performed and the patient followed up without neurological deficit. DISCUSSION: Among the most possible and prevalent variations in anterior circulation, none of them explain the phenomenon we observed. Therefore, a new variant is established. The knowledge about variants in cerebral circulation is important to rule out pathology. CONCLUSION: Cerebral diagnostic angiography has become more available and frequent because of the rising in endovascular tools to treat stroke patients. Considering this new variation and others is important to discard pathology.

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Early extubation, also known as fast track, is desirable after intracranial hematoma surgery to avoid ventilator-associated complications associated with admission to an intensive care unit (ICU). The objective of the present study was to determine whether ICU stay and ventilator-associated complications are reduced in patients who received surgery for intracranial hematoma if they are extubated early. A total of 17 patients were randomly assigned to two groups: In Group 1, patients were extubated early or using the fast track method, while those in Group 2 were conventionally extubated at a later stage and were managed at the ICU. Patients from both groups were assessed on admission to the operating room per the established standards and after the selection criteria had been confirmed, general anesthesia was applied. Extubation time and hemodynamic stability (number of anesthetic adjustments required to maintain hemodynamic parameters within 20% of the predicted values) were assessed post-operatively. Patients in the conventional group (n=10) were transferred to the ICU and extubated at 8 h post-operatively; hemodynamic stability and the presence of complications were evaluated. The fast track group had no complications associated with ventilation or any other parameter. All patients extubated in a conventional manner and who were transferred to the ICU presented with complications, including seizures, aspiration, atelectasis or failed extubation. In the future, fast track should be regarded as a routine technique in patients who meet the required criteria, so that they may be discharged quickly and with fewer complications. The present study was authorized by the ethics committee of the hospital and the research sub-directorate with the number AN14-003; it was submitted to and approved by the ISRCTN registry for clinical trials (ID, ISRCTN16924441).

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The aim of this study was to establish safety ranges for the third vertebral artery segment (V3) for craneocervical procedures. Injury to V3 represents a potentially catastrophic complication. Its tortuous path and complex relationship with neighboring structures, increasing the risk. Ten male adult cadavers (20 vertebral arteries) with arterial infiltration of red latex were studied. The length, angles and anatomical measurements were obtained between the selected surgical landmarks and the portions of V3 segment. The horizontal portion has a length of 32.7 ± 3.6 mm with an angulation of 115.1 ± 8.3 degrees. The mean distances of the horizontal portion were: from the midline to the V3 groove of C1 posterior arch (24.7 ± 6.3 mm); from C1 pars interarticularis to the V3 distal loop of V3 (8.9 ± 1.4 mm). The vertical portion has a length 32.5 ± 5.6 mm with an angulation of the proximal loop of 113.6 ± 5.8 degrees. The mean distances between the C2 spinous process to the medial surface of the distal loop (43.8 ± 4.2 mm); from the C1-C2 joint to the V3 vertical portion (9.5 ± 1.5 mm); from C2 pars interarticularis to V3 in the C2 transverse foramen (6.5 ± 3.4 mm); from C2 pars interarticularis to V3 in the C1 transverse foramen (17.5 ± 4.5 mm). We reported four potential sites where V3 can be injured during four different surgical procedures: exposure of the posterior arch of C1, and pars interarticularis of C1 in the horizontal portion and exposure of the C1C2 joint, and placement of C1-C2 transarticular screws one in the vertical portion. We provide measurements of redundancy and safety ranges to reduce the risk of injury to the V3 segment during craniocervical surgical procedures.

El objetivo de este estudio fue establecer rangos de seguridad en el tercer segmento de arteria vertebral (V3) para cirugías de la región craneocervicales. La lesión de V3 representa una complicación potencialmente catastrófica. Su tortuoso trayecto y compleja relación con las estructuras aledañas, aumenta el riesgo. Se estudiaron diez cadáveres adultos masculinos (20 arterias vertebrales) con infiltración arterial de látex rojo. La longitud, ángulos y medidas anatómicas se obtuvieron respecto a los puntos de referencia quirúrgicos y las porciones del segmento V3. La porción horizontal tiene una longitud de 32,7 ± 3,6 mm con una angulación de 115,1 ± 8,3 grados. Las distancias medias de la porción horizontal fueron: desde la línea media hasta el surco V3 del arco posterior C1 (24,7 ± 6,3 mm); desde C1 pars interarticularis hasta el bucle distal V3 de V3 (8,9 ± 1,4 mm). La parte vertical tiene una longitud de 32,5 ± 5,6 mm con una angulación del bucle proximal de 113,6 ± 5,8 grados. Las distancias medias entre el proceso espinoso C2 y la superficie medial del bucle distal (43,8 ± 4,2 mm); desde la unión C1-C2 hasta la porción vertical V3 (9,5 ± 1,5 mm); de C2 pars interarticularis a V3 en el foramen transversal C2 (6,5 ± 3,4 mm); de C2 pars interarticularis a V3 en el foramen transversal C1 (17,5 ± 4,5 mm). Informamos cuatro sitios potenciales donde la V3 puede lesionarse durante cuatro procedimientos quirúrgicos diferentes: exposición del arco posterior de C1 y pars interarticularis de C1 en la porción horizontal y exposición de la articulación C1-C2, y colocación de C1-C2 Tornillos transarticulares uno en la porción vertical. Proporcionamos mediciones de los rangos de redundancia y seguridad para reducir el riesgo de lesiones en el segmento V3 durante procedimientos quirúrgicos craneocervicales.

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Fundamento: el conocimiento de la población sobre factores de riesgo y cómo llevar a la práctica las medidas preventivas para evitar la aparición de enfermedades visuales es vital para conservar una buena salud ocular.Objetivo: determinar los conocimientos que poseen pacientes atendidos en la provincia de Cienfuegos sobre factores de riesgo y prevención de enfermedades oculares.Métodos: estudio descriptivo sobre 300 pacientes mayores de 18 años que asistieron a las consultas de oftalmología en Cienfuegos, desde enero hasta marzo del 2016, a los cuales se les aplicó una encuesta que incluyó variables como: edad, sexo, profesión, así como aspectos relacionados con el conocimiento que tenían sobre factores de riesgo y prevención de las enfermedades oculares.Resultados: predominó el sexo femenino, la edad comprendida en mayores de 50 años y el grupo de profesionales. Los más atentos a la prevención ocular fueron las personas de mayor edad y las mujeres. Los encuestados presumen tener conocimientos sobre la prevención ocular, pero existe un desconocimiento elevado de las acciones que deben realizar para preservar al órgano visual con una buena salud, fundamentalmente los dos pilares de la prevención: la protección solar y la visita al especialista.Conclusiones: aún existe desconocimiento de los factores de riesgo y la importancia de la prevención ocular. A pesar de la relevancia de la función visual en la sociedad actual, los ojos no son objeto de tantas medidas preventivas(AU)

Foundation: populations knowledge about risk factors and how to implement preventive measures to avoid the appearance of eye diseases is vital to preserve a good ocular health.Objective: to determine the knowledge about risk factors and ocular disease prevention patients treated in the Cienfuegos Province.Methods: descriptive study about 300 patients older than 18 years who came to the ophthalmology consultation in Cienfuegos, from January to March 2016. They were applied a survey which included variables as: age, sex, profession so as aspects related to the knowledge they have about risk factors and prevention of ocular diseases.Results: the female sex predominated, age older than 50 years and the group of professionals. The most attentive to eye disease prevention were the elderly and women. The surveyed patients presume to have knowledge about eye disease prevention, but there is a high ignorance about the actions for visual organ preservation with good health, mainly the two bases of prevention: sun protection and specialist visit.Conclusions: there is still ignorance of risk factors and importance of eye disease prevention. In spite of the visual function relevance in the current society, eyes are not object of enough preventive measures(AU)

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Animal models of cerebral ischemia have typically been established and performed using young animals, even though cerebral ischemia (CI) affects primarily elderly patients. This situation represents a discrepancy that complicates the translation of novel therapeutic strategies for CI. Models of transient global CI using aged animals have demonstrated an apparent neuroprotective effect on CA1 hippocampal neurons; however, this effect is not completely understood. Our study used a model in which young (3-6 months) and aged (18-21 months) male Wistar rats were subjected to 15 min of transient global CI using the four-vessel occlusion (4 VO) model. We determined that the 4 VO model can be performed on aged rats with a slight increase in mortality rate. In aged rats, the morphological damage was completely established by the 4th day after reperfusion, displaying no difference from their younger counterparts. These results demonstrated the lack of a neuroprotective effect of aging on CA1 hippocampal neurons in aged male Wistar rats. This study determined and characterized the morphological damage to the CA1 area after 15 min of 4 VO in aged male Wistar rats, validating the use of this model in CI and aging research.

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BACKGROUND: Gunshot wounds in civilian population of México were quite rare. Currently, conflicts amongst organized crime groups are carried out with weapons, which are considered as exclusive use by the nations army. OBJECTIVES: Describe the experience of our institution and share results of clinical and radiological factors influencing the prognosis of the patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Observational and retrospective study of patients with cranial gunshot wounds (GSW), which penetrated the duramater, treated from January 2009 - January 2013. We considered several demographic variables, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), upon admission, state of pupils, type of surgery and size of decompression, Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS) upon discharge, and after 6 months. RESULTS: Of 68 patients, we excluded those whose duramater was not penetrated, leaving 52 patients. The average age was 28.7 years, and 80.8% were males. All were surgically intervened, with 8% of general mortality. Mortality in the GCS 3 to 5 points group was 43%, from the 6 to 8 points it was 6%, and no deaths in the 9 to 15 points. In patients with both pupils fixed, anisocoric and isocoric, mortality was 67%, 7%, and 3%, respectively. Bihemispheric, multilobar and unihemispheric trajectory of the bullet plus ventricular compromise was related to a Glasgow Outcome Score ≤ 3 upon discharge in 90.9% of the cases. CONCLUSIONS: GCS upon admission and state of the pupils are the most influential factors in the prognosis. Patients with a GCS > 8 < 13 points upon admission, normal pupillary response, without ventricular compromise can benefit with early and aggressive surgical treatment.

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BACKGROUND: the morphology and the morphometric characteristics of the sacrum and its components determine the size of pedicle implants in both width and length and the orientation of the screw at the time of implantation. The present study aimed to determine the morphometric characteristics of the sacrum in the Mexican population in order to establish safe approaches for the placement and orientation of the screws during lumbosacral instrumentation. METHODS: morphometric characteristics were determined for 50 dry sacra distributed in 44 measurement parameters (39 linear and 5 angular) divided in five categories: 1) anterior and posterior sacral foramina; 2) S1 vertebral pedicle and intermediate sacral crest; 3) vertebral bodies and the general parameters of the sacrum; 4) S1 superior articular process facet and sacral canal, and 5) S1 pedicle approaches. RESULTS: the S1 pedicle average length was 25.00 mm ± 2.41, the S1 pedicle anterior and posterior average height was 20.68 mm ± 3.40 and 24.64 mm ± 3.77 respectively, the sacral canal dimensions on its superior opening were 15.13 mm ± 2.40 in the sagital diameter and 31.07 mm ± 2.65 for the transverse diameter, in S1 the anteriomedial screw trajectory average distance was 50.08 mm ± 3.72 with an average angle of 34.30° ± 4.1 from the screw entry point. CONCLUSION: the results from this study are important for the correct screw placement and position in lumbosacral instrumentation, and also for other procedures that involve the sacral region as a surgical and diagnostic target.

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Describir una técnica quirúrgica para la reparación de la pared abdominal con hernia incisional utilizando colgajos creados con parte del saco herniario mas resección del tejido dermograso patológico. Trabajo realizado en el Hospital Victorino Santaella Ruiz, Los Teques y otros centros privados. Esta técnica se basa en 34 casos de pacientes femeninos, sin uso de malla protésica y 6 casos con malla. Se realiza una incisión suprapúbica transversa, se levanta el complejo dermograso, identificando y liberando el caso herniario, el defecto aponeurótico y la aponeurosis sana circundante. Utilizando parcialmente el saco herniario se elaboran dos colgajos uno adherido al plano peritoneal y el otro a la aponeurosis. La síntesis del plano peritoneo-aponeurótico se realiza con material no absorbible. Al finalizar la pared abdominal tendrá tres columnas de suturas. Se complementa la operación con resección del tejido dermograso patológico y redundante. El saco herniario funciona como una malta biológica y es útil en la forma de colgajo para la reparación efectiva de la hernia incisional con o sin el uso de malla protésica. Y adicionalmente al eliminar el tejido dermograso patológico se logra una mejoría del contorno corporal.

We make a step by step description of a brand new surgical for the treatment of incisional hernias using flaps created with part of the hernia sac. Is based on 34 cases of female patients with and without mesh. At the level of the skin we use a classic dermolipectomy suprapubic arciform incisión and then we dissect until reach the peritoneal and aponeurotic tissues, identifying the hernia sac, the peritoneum and aponeurotic layer. Then, we create 2 flaps: one attached to the peritoneum and the other one to the aponeurotic layer. The cloure of the aponeurotic layer is done with non-absorbable and absorbable sutures. At the and the abdominal wall will be walled by three sutures columns. We complement the surgery with the resection of the redundant and pathologic fat and skin tissue. The hernia sac work as a biologic mesh and is useful in the form of flaps for the effective repair of the incisional hernias with or without prosthetic mesh. Additionally by eliminating the remaining fat and skin (dermolipectomy) we obtain a satisfactory improvement of the abdominal esthetic.

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Objetivo. Determinar la prevalencia de infecciones nosocomiales, los factores de riesgo, su microbiología, la prevalencia de uso de antibióticos y la mortalidad asociada en niños hospitalizados. Material y métodos. Se realizó un estudio transversal en 21 hospitales públicos que atienden a niños. Se incluyeron pacientes desde recién nacidos hasta de 17 años de edad. Los riesgos ajustados se estimaron mediante regresión logística múltiple. Resultados. En I 183 niños estudiados se identificaron 116 pacientes con infección nosocomial, con una prevalencia de 9.8 por ciento (IC 95 por ciento 8.1-11.6). Los sitios de infección más frecuentes fueron: neumonía (25 por ciento), sepsis/bacteriemia (19 por ciento) e infección del tracto urinario (5 por ciento). El principal microorganismo identificado en hemocultivo fue Klebsiella pneumoniae (31 por ciento). La prevalencia de uso de antibióticos fue de 49 por ciento con una variación de entre 3 y 83 por ciento. Mediante regresión logística múltiple se encontraron cuatro factores independientemente asociados con el desarrollo de infección nosocomial: exposición a catéteres intravenosos (RM 3.3, IC 95 por ciento 1.9-5.9), alimentación parenteral (RM 2.1, IC 95 por ciento 1.0-4.5), ventilación mecánica (RM 2.3, IC 95 por ciento 1.2-4.1) y ser recién nacido de bajo peso (RM 2.6, IC 95 por ciento 1.0-6.8). La mortalidad general fue de 4.8 por ciento; sin embargo, el riesgo de morir en pacientes con infección nosocomial fue del doble comparado con los no infectados (RM 2.6, IC 95 por ciento 1.3-5.1). Conclusiones. Esta evaluación rápida, usando una metodología estándar, ha permitido caracterizar la epidemiología de las infecciones nosocomiales en niños. Los resultados dieron lugar a programas preventivos dirigidos específicamente al cuidado de catéteres intravasculares y al uso de ventilación asistida, a fin de reducir la ocurrencia de sepsis/bacteriemia y neumonías, infecciones nosocomiales de alta prevalencia y mortalidad

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El manejo conservdor exitoso del paciente con traumatismo craneoencefálico portador de un hematoma extradural de la fosa posterior (HEDFP) no es raro. Se presenta una serie de 10 pacientes con estas lesiones con escaso déficit neurológico en quienes, habiéndose demostrado un HEDFP mediante estudios de resonancia magnñetica por imagen y/o tomografía axial computada, se decidió un tratamiento sin operación. Mediante estudios neurodiagnósticos seriados de control se observó la involución progresiva del hematoma, con mejoría clínica o desaparición de la sintomatología. El parámetro inicial de selección para no operar, más que el tamaño del hematoma, fue la escasa sintomatología neurológica, sin evidencia de focalización ni herniación cerebelosa. Se concluye que un grupo seleccionado de estos enfermos puede ser exitosamente tratado sin operación, bajo observación estrecha y manejo médico a base de esteroides y analgésicos

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