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BACKGROUND: This study employed bibliometric analysis to ascertain the research focus areas among a group of Mexican physicians affiliated with the Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE). ISSSTE, a healthcare institution catering to a diverse range of diseases, offers a distinctive perspective on the investigated specialties within the realm of health. The primary objective was to identify knowledge gaps in medical care disciplines through a comprehensive examination of scholarly publications. METHODS: We retrieved Scopus papers affiliated with "ISSSTE" and saved them as .CSV files. Subsequently, we employed VOSviewer, biblioshiny, and bibliometrix for bibliometric analysis. This enabled us to identify prominent institutions, prolific authors, highly cited researchers, and their respective affiliations. RESULTS: Our analysis identified 2063 publications; the specialty internal medicine accounted for the greatest proportion with 831 publications. Original papers accounted for 82% of the total, with 52% of them being written in Spanish. The majority of scientific output, 92%, originated from Mexico City. The annual production has steadily increased since 2010, peaking in 2021 with over 200 publications. However, papers on prevalent conditions, such as metabolic syndrome, received limited citations, and the L0 index (percentage of uncited items) for all papers is close to 60%. Scopus mislabeled one affiliation, and some cases show a low paper-to-author ratio of 0.5 Discussion: Additional concerns, such as honorary authorship due to excessive authors per paper, and the underlying causes of low citation rates in Mexican publications, warrant further examination. Moreover, our research emphasizes the urgency of bolstering research and development funding, which was consistently below 0.5% of GDP for the past four decades, falling short of legal mandates and international benchmarks. We endorse the establishment of robust research collectives in Latin America to address these challenges, foster regional scientific output, and transition from knowledge consumers to knowledge producers, thereby reducing dependence on foreign technology.
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Background: Education in the formation of human capital in health constantly presents challenges. New tools in the emerging contexts may strengthen empathic attitudes. We developed an educational intervention that included a senescence simulator and assessed its impact on perception and attitudes in healthcare students. Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted that assessed acquired knowledge and self-perception using a semistructured survey administered before and after the demonstration and intervention using the simulator and reported the experience through the role of the patient and caregiver. The data were analyzed statistically to identify the demographic characteristics and differences between the groups of students. The data were analyzed statistically to identify the demographic characteristics and differences between the groups of students in the responses pre-post intervention, using statistical software (IBM SPSS Statistics 26.0). Results: Of the 256 participants surveyed before the intervention, 93.8% described cognitive deterioration as a significant disability and 53.1% considered the health system to be inadequate in meeting the needs of older individuals. Only 59.8% stated that the current academic training meets the educational requirements for the care of the elderly. In total, 98.9% of the participants reported that the simulator changed their perception by increasing their empathy. In total, 76.2% showed greater sensitivity to older adults and 79.3% reported that the experiential learning consolidated their professionalizing perspective. Among the younger participants (aged 18-20 years), sensitivity and reorientation toward pursuing an associated graduate degree were higher after the intervention (p=0.01). Conclusions: Educational strategies, such as the senescence simulator, offer an experiential intervention that strengthens the knowledge and attitudes toward older individuals. During the pandemic emergency, it proved to be a useful educational strategy in consolidating caring behavior as a hybrid educational tactic. The senescence simulation enabled the participants to widen their educational and professional schemes to encompass the care of the older population.
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Dispositivo Exoesqueleto , Anciano , Humanos , Estudios Transversales , Actitud , Estudiantes/psicología , EscolaridadRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery (EETS) is a standard technique used to approach sellar tumors. It is relatively safe, minimally invasive and carries a low risk of complications. However, one of the common complications reported with this technique is CSF leakage which causes morbidity, an increase in recovery time and hospital costs. This complication usually occurs from violation of the diaphragma sellae and a defect in the structures of the sellar floor or incomplete repair. In this article we report the first case with the use of a novel bilaminar chitosan scaffold which can be potentially used in the repair of the sellar floor, primarily aiming to the bony part of this structure. CASE PRESENTATION: After a personalized design employing a tissue engineering strategy, we reconstructed the sellar floor in a 65-year-old woman who had undergone EETS for a pituitary adenoma with progressive bilateral visual loss. To repair the bony defect of the sellar floor, we used a novel bilaminar chitosan scaffold. The patient had an unremarkable postoperative course with no evidence of CSF leak. The polymer was well tolerated without toxicity, infection or complications. After 2 years of follow up the patient remains neurologically intact, and in good endocrinological status. CONCLUSION: This is the first report of the use of this biomaterial and its biocompatibility in a clinical setting for the repair of the sellar floor during EETS. Our experience with chitosan bilaminar scaffold and in several preclinical studies in the literature have demonstrated good biocompatibility and effective bioengineered bone regeneration due to its excellent osteoconductive properties, this study pretends to be one landmark for further clinical research and larger case series with the use of this personalized tissue engineering materials in order to see they real efficacy to increase the surgeon armamentarium.
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STUDY DESIGN: Experimental study with an animal model. PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of a chitosan and hydroxyapatite composite for spinal fusion in a lumbar experimental model based on regenerative tissue engineering principles. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: Chitosan and hydroxyapatite represent an alternative biodegradable implant material for tissue engineering and regeneration. The combination of chitosan and hydroxyapatite in a 20:80 ratio could potentiate their individual properties as an implantable composite for experimental laminectomy. METHODS: Phase I: design and synthesis of a porous composite scaffold composed of chitosan-hydroxyapatite using a freeze drying technique. Phase II: experimental microsurgical lumbar laminectomy at L5. A total of 35 Wistar rats were categorized into three experimental groups: control (laminectomy alone), experimental (laminectomy with implant), and reference (intact spine) (n=5 per group). Postoperative structural and functional evaluations were performed using computed tomography scans. In addition, radiologic, clinical, histological, and immunohistochemical microstructures were evaluated. RESULTS: At the laminectomy site, the composite implant induced bone regeneration, which was observed in the axial reconstruction of the rat lumbar spine in all cases. Biomechanical changes in the lumbar spine were observed by radiology in both groups after the surgery. The posterolateral space was covered by a bone structure in the treated spine, a condition not seen in the control group. The range of motion was 7.662°±0.81° in the scaffold group versus 20.72°±3.47° in the control group. Histological findings revealed qualitatively more bone tissue formation in the implant group. CONCLUSIONS: A composite of chitosan-hydroxyapatite at a 20:80 ratio induced bone formation after experimental laminectomy in rats and led to spinal fusion, which was assessed by radiology and biomechanical tests. No functional complications in posture or walking were observed at 90 days post-surgery, despite biomechanical changes in the spine.
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Every year, natural or people-generated disasters disrupt the functioning of society, causing human, and material loses, which lead to an increase in the demand for medical attention. In the morning of September 19, 2017, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico City and four other cities, leaving around 19 million people affected and 331 dead. Although the medical response was timely, most of the efforts fell short because demand exceeded responsiveness. This incident evidenced the challenges that we have as caregivers with mass medical emergency, and the need for direct and well-structured interventions of professional-medical associations in the immediate response, on both in-site and in-hospital settings. The aim of this paper is to analyze how we respond to these medical emergencies and what new strategies have been proposed in order to identify the weaknesses and areas of improvement, as well as to restructure our methods of emergency intervention. We searched all the information in both official institutional and social media with a public sanitary scope. We submitted this information to a descriptive qualitative analysis and compared with official information and management. We found an important role for social media as a means of communication and civil organization. Collegiate medical societies, such as neurosurgeons, showed a limited reach, little on-site intervention, and poor use of social media and other strategies to improve the response. Finally, we propose how we may approach these mass medical emergencies in a better way, taking advantage of new technologies and strategies.
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Desastres , Terremotos , Urgencias Médicas/epidemiología , Procedimientos Neuroquirúrgicos/tendencias , Socorristas , Humanos , México/epidemiología , Neurocirugia , Procedimientos Neuroquirúrgicos/métodosRESUMEN
The carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most common entrapment neuropathies found in humans. Currently, the gold standard is surgical treatment using different modalities. The minimally invasive strategy with high resolution capacity and less morbidity is still a challenge. Methods. Prospective nonrandomised clinical trial in which a minimally invasive microsurgical approach was used following the keyhole principle in 55 consecutive patients and 65 hands under local anesthesia and ambulatory strategy. They were evaluated with stringent inclusion criteria with the Levine severity and functional status scale and with a 2-year follow-up. Results. 90% showed immediate improvement dropping to grades 1-2 in all items of the scale referring to pain and numbness. 97% reported improvement, as of the first month, and 3% reported persistence of symptoms, although at a lesser degree and with no functional limitation. No incidents were identified during the procedure and 98% of patients were discharged within an hour after the surgical procedure. Conclusions. The microsurgical approach described following the keyhole principle is a treatment option that, under local anesthesia and ambulatory management, may represent an alternative strategy of an effective treatment reducing the morbidity. This trial is registered with Clinical Trials Protocol Identifier NCT03062722.
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Introduction The decompressive craniectomy is a surgical strategy widely used with specific criteria to control the refractory intracranial pressure (ICP). However, it is important to warn about the presence of a postcraniectomy syndrome and analyze the risk-benefit on a long term. Case Report A 72-year-old male patient diagnosed with a subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to the rupture of an anterior circulation aneurysm that develops vasospasm, secondary ischemia, and edema with signs of herniation that required a decompressive craniectomy on a first step. Afterwards, the aneurysm was approached and he consequently developed hydrocephaly. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt is installed, contralateral to the craniectomy, and progressive sinking of the skin flap, there is neurological deterioration and paradoxical herniation. Its association with the clinical deterioration by bronchoaspiration did not allow the cranioplasty to resolve the ICP decompensation. Conclusions The paradoxical herniation as part of the postcraniectomy syndrome is an increasingly common condition identified in adult patients with cortical atrophy, and who have also been treated with ventricular shunt systems. Timely cranioplasty represents the ideal therapeutic plan once the compromise from the mass effect has resolved to avoid complications derived from the decompressive craniectomy per se.
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Anxiety and depressive symptoms are generated after paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD). However, it is not clear whether PSD produces differential effects between females and males. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of PSD on anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors between sexes. Male and female BALB/c mice were divided in three groups: the control group, the 48-h PSD group and the 96-h PSD group. Immediately after PSD protocols, the forced swimming and open field test were applied. Sucrose consumption test was used to evaluate the middle-term effect of PSD. We found that corticosterone serum levels showed significant differences in the 96-h PSD females as compared to 96-h PSD males. In the open-field test, the 48-h and 96-h PSD females spent more time at the periphery of the field, and showed high locomotion as compared to males. In the elevated plus maze, the 48-h PSD females spent more time in closed arms than males, which is compatible with anxiety-like behavior. The forced swim test indicated that the 96-h PSD males spent more time swimming as compared to the 96-h PSD females. Remarkably, the 96-h PSD males had lower sucrose intake than the 96-h PSD females, which suggest that male mice have proclivity to develop a persistent depressive-like behavior late after PSD. In conclusion, male mice showed a significant trend to depressive-like behaviors late after sleep deprivation. Conversely, female have a strong tendency to display anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors immediately after sleep deprivation.
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Ansiedad , Conducta Animal , Depresión , Caracteres Sexuales , Privación de Sueño/psicología , Animales , Corticosterona/sangre , Ingestión de Alimentos/fisiología , Femenino , Locomoción , Masculino , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Privación de Sueño/sangre , Privación de Sueño/fisiopatología , SacarosaRESUMEN
Tissue engineering is an important therapeutic strategy to be used in regenerative medicine in the present and in the future. Functional biomaterials research is focused on the development and improvement of scaffolding, which can be used to repair or regenerate an organ or tissue. Scaffolds are one of the crucial factors for tissue engineering. Scaffolds consisting of natural polymers have recently been developed more quickly and have gained more popularity. These include chitosan, a copolymer derived from the alkaline deacetylation of chitin. Expectations for use of these scaffolds are increasing as the knowledge regarding their chemical and biological properties expands, and new biomedical applications are investigated. Due to their different biological properties such as being biocompatible, biodegradable, and bioactive, they have given the pattern for use in tissue engineering for repair and/or regeneration of different tissues including skin, bone, cartilage, nerves, liver, and muscle. In this review, we focus on the intrinsic properties offered by chitosan and its use in tissue engineering, considering it as a promising alternative for regenerative medicine as a bioactive polymer.
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Quitosano , Medicina Regenerativa/métodos , Ingeniería de Tejidos/métodos , Andamios del Tejido , Animales , Materiales Biocompatibles , Humanos , RatonesRESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) is a mass gathering, hosting publishing companies from 40 countries and more than 750,000 visitors. It is necessary to prioritize preventive measures focusing on earthquakes, fires, terrorist acts, and prevention of infections. The objective of this study is to describe and analyze the health problems encountered during FIL 2013 in order to improve civil protection services during future events. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Descriptive, cross-sectional study, collecting medical histories in accordance with Mexican Official Standard NOM-004-SSA3-2012, and classifying respondents into age groups. A total of 794 medical sheets for patients who received assistance at the Mobile Health Units were analyzed. RESULTS: Altogether, 794 (0.1%) patients were medically evaluated out of 750,987 fair visitors during the study period. Of these, 32 patients were <12 years old; 111 were 13-20 years old; 540 were 20-50 years old; and 111 were >50 years old. There were no complicated medical cases. A favorable impact of preventives strategies was observed. CONCLUSIONS: Non-complicated medical incidents were observed. It is necessary to increase the knowledge on health among the general public who attend this type of event. Training health professionals is a priority in prevention measures and providing care during mass events of this kind in Mexico's territory.
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Servicios Médicos de Urgencia , Adolescente , Adulto , Libros , Niño , Preescolar , Congresos como Asunto , Estudios Transversales , Planificación en Desastres , Humanos , Lactante , México , Persona de Mediana Edad , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: A microsurgical anterior cervical approach with discectomy and fusion (MACDF) is one of the most widely used procedures for treating radicular disorders. This approach is highly successful; however, it is not free from complications. These can be associated with soft tissue injuries. AIM OF THE STUDY: The recognition of the risks for these complications should be identified for timely prevention and safe treatment. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case control study. This study includes a retrospective case series of 37 patients, paying special attention to immediate complications related to the use of mechanical retraction of soft tissue (dysphagia, dysphonia, esophageal lesions and local hematoma); and a comparative analysis of the outcomes after changes in the retraction method. RESULTS: All selected cases had a positive neurological symptom response in relation to neuropathic pain. Dysphagia and dysphonia were found during the first 72 h in 94.1% of the cases in which automatic mechanical retraction was used for more than one hour during the surgical procedure. A radical change was noted in the reduction of the symptoms after the use of only manual protective blades without automatic mechanical retraction: 5.1% dysphagia and 0% dysphonia in the immediate post-operative period, P = 0.001. CONCLUSIONS: Soft tissue damage due to the use of automatic retractors in MACDF is not minor and leads to general discomfort in the patient in spite of good neurological results. These problems most often occur when automatic retractors are used continuously for more than 1 hour, as well as when they are used in multiple levels. Dysphagia, dysphonia and local pain decreased with the use of transient manual blades for retraction, and with intermittent release following minimally invasive principles.
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INTRODUCTION: There are limited evidences reported of temporal lobe epilepsy associated with active cysticercosis in cystic stage. The objective is to present the correlation between active cysticercosis in topographical zones associated with temporal lobe epilepsy, with neuropsychiatric manifestations and pattern of secondarily generalized partial seizures. CASE REPORTS: Two cases of adult patients with neuropsychiatric manifestations of one year evolution, refractory to antipsychotic drug treatment, and who subsequently appear late onset partial-secondarily generalized seizures. Cysticercosis active presence in the temporal lobe in one patient, and the insula in the other, is identified. A better clinical control after albendazol treatment and subsequently anticonvulsant therapy only remained to evaluate pertinence of pharmacological withdrawal criteria. CONCLUSIONS: Active neurocysticercosis, may be the cause of acquired neuropsychiatric disorders and temporal lobe epilepsy of late onset when the topography is in the mesolimbic circuit. Early etiologic diagnosis and appropriate treatment allows adequate control of their symptoms and potentially final cure.
TITLE: Epilepsia del lobulo temporal y neurocisticercosis activa: dos casos representativos.Introduccion. Existen pocas evidencias notificadas de casos de epilepsia del lobulo temporal asociadas a cisticercosis activa en su fase quistica. El objetivo es presentar la correlacion entre cisticercosis activa en zonas topograficas asociadas a epilepsia del lobulo temporal, con las manifestaciones neuropsiquiatricas y el patron de crisis parciales secundariamente generalizadas. Casos clinicos. Dos casos de pacientes adultos con manifestaciones neuropsiquiatricas de un año de evolucion, refractarios a tratamiento farmacologico antipsicotico, y en quienes posteriormente aparecen crisis convulsivas parciales secundariamente generalizadas de inicio tardio. Se identifica la presencia de cisticercosis activa en el lobulo temporal en un paciente, y en la insula, en el otro. Buen control clinico posterior al tratamiento con albendazol, pero se mantiene el mismo tratamiento anticonvulsionante para considerar la pertinencia de su retirada farmacologica. Conclusiones. La neurocisticercosis activa puede ser causa de trastornos neuropsiquiatricos adquiridos y de epilepsia del lobulo temporal de inicio tardio cuando su topografia se encuentra en el circuito mesolimbico. El diagnostico etiologico oportuno y el tratamiento apropiado permiten el control adecuado de su sintomatologia y, potencialmente, su curacion definitiva.
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Anomia/etiología , Epilepsia del Lóbulo Temporal/etiología , Neurocisticercosis/complicaciones , Trastorno de Pánico/etiología , Albendazol/uso terapéutico , Anomia/tratamiento farmacológico , Antihelmínticos/uso terapéutico , Anticonvulsivantes/uso terapéutico , Antipsicóticos/uso terapéutico , Carbamazepina/análogos & derivados , Carbamazepina/uso terapéutico , Citalopram/uso terapéutico , Diagnóstico Tardío , Trastorno Depresivo/tratamiento farmacológico , Trastorno Depresivo/etiología , Resistencia a Medicamentos , Quimioterapia Combinada , Epilepsia del Lóbulo Temporal/tratamiento farmacológico , Cefalea/etiología , Humanos , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Neurocisticercosis/diagnóstico , Neurocisticercosis/tratamiento farmacológico , Neurocisticercosis/psicología , Oxcarbazepina , Trastorno de Pánico/tratamiento farmacológico , Perfenazina/uso terapéutico , Prednisona/uso terapéuticoRESUMEN
TITLE: La neuroetica como una nueva perspectiva epistemologica en neurociencias.
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Ética , Neurociencias , Conducta , Teoría Ética , Humanos , Conocimiento , Relaciones Metafisicas Mente-Cuerpo , Modelos Neurológicos , Modelos Psicológicos , Neurociencias/tendencias , PsicofisiologíaRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic infection in the central nervous system and the most common cause of acquired neurological symptoms in young adults living in developing countries. Many "asymptomatic" patients begin experiencing neurological symptoms after the use of antiparasitic drugs for gastrointestinal treatment. Patients who are previously diagnosed with NCC require special care during cysticidal treatment because of the inflammatory effects caused by the interaction between the drug, the parasite, and the host. CASE DESCRIPTION: Of a series of 46 cases, we selected five patients with a history of being "asymptomatic" and who began experiencing neurologic symptoms after the use of albendazole, which led to a diagnosis of cysticercosis. Another case of the patient, who already had been diagnosed of ventricular cysticercosis, was given a drug treatment without consulting the neurosurgeon and had a fatal outcome attributable to secondary meningoencephalitis. RESULTS: In the first five cases, with new neurological symptoms after antihelmintic treatment, the self-prescription is remarkable. The symptoms appear between the third and fifth day of treatment. All of them had a clinical course without complications. Only two cases minimally invasive techniques were required. The case who had been already diagnosed developed meningoencephalitis and died after eight days of antihelmintic treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Anthelminthic drug treatment requires tailor-based prescription considering risk-benefit ratio with the drug-parasite-host interaction in mind. Treatment is not harmless so patients have to be closely watched. In select cases, medical treatment cannot replace surgical procedures, which can be the primary approach with drug treatment as a complement.
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Albendazol/administración & dosificación , Albendazol/efectos adversos , Sistema Nervioso Central/efectos de los fármacos , Neurocisticercosis/tratamiento farmacológico , Adolescente , Adulto , Antihelmínticos/administración & dosificación , Antihelmínticos/efectos adversos , Sistema Nervioso Central/inmunología , Sistema Nervioso Central/parasitología , Infecciones Protozoarias del Sistema Nervioso Central/tratamiento farmacológico , Infecciones Protozoarias del Sistema Nervioso Central/inmunología , Infecciones Protozoarias del Sistema Nervioso Central/cirugía , Monitoreo de Drogas , Resultado Fatal , Femenino , Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos/efectos de los fármacos , Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos/inmunología , Humanos , Masculino , Neurocisticercosis/inmunología , Neurocisticercosis/cirugía , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
The advent and growth of technological advances have led to new routes of knowledge. Thereby, we currently face new challenges. We have just started to get a glimpse of the structural and functional role of neural stem cells in differentiation and migration processes, the origin of synaptic networks, and subsequent readjustments in specific circuits. A whole range of treatment possibilities originates from this knowledge that potentially can be used for different neurological diseases in humans. Although this is an encouraging scenario, it implies that the human brain is the object of such study, as well as its potential manipulation and transplantation. It is, therefore, pertinent that ethical principles should be followed in such research to have proper balance between what can be done and what should be done, according to every specific context. Hence, it is wise to consider ethical implications in every research project, along with potential clinical applications, under the principle of causing no harm, following risk and benefit rules in decision making and with respect of the human condition as a priority.