Orbital floor fracture management sequence with different reconstruction materials
Background The orbit is formed by the confluence of seven bones classified into an exoskeleton (formed by external portions of the maxilla, zygomatic, and frontal bones) which form the orbital rims and an orbital endoskeleton formed by the internal wall of the lacrimal, palatine, and sphenoid bones1. Orbital floor fractures are common injuries, recorded in […]
Acute liver failure and rhabdomyolysis secondary to “cell regenerator”
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Antiarrhythmic management in postoperative pediatric patient for tetrallogy of Fallot correction
Introduction It is of great importance to have early detection of rhythm abnormalities in patients who have undergone heart surgery, as the identification and early treatment reduce morbidity and mortality. Junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET) typically occurs in the immediate postoperative period, especially in patients with congenital heart disease where there was extensive manipulation of the […]
Fever of unknown origin
Introduction In 1868 Carl Reinhold, a German physician and Wunderlich demonstrated the value of measuring body temperature between various diseases1. Later, Sir William Osler published the first edition of Principles and Practices of Medicine in 1892 that included temperature curves for disorders common to that time, such as malaria, recurrent fever, scarlet fever and typhoid […]
Corrigendum
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Simultaneous reconstruction after resection of meningiomas of the cranial base that invade the orbit assisted by virtual planning and 3D models. A new proposal
Introduction Meningiomas are the most frequent intracranial neoplasm of non-glial origin of the central nervous system, they are extra axial tumors originated from the meningo endothelial arachnoid cells present in the granulations of Pacchioni or arachnoid granulations, which consist of protrusions of the arachnoid membrane towards the interior of the dural sinuses that cross the […]
Global longitudinal strain in patients with stable angina and myocardial ischemia evaluated by SPECT
Introduction Ischemic heart disease is the main cause of preventable death worldwide, and in Mexico it is the second cause of mortality, clinically it has different expressions, one of them is stable angina1–4. The term ischemic heart disease is used to represent the presence of inadequate blood supply to the myocardium due to obstruction of […]
Evaluation of physiological metabolic changes in dogs 60 days of age exposed to direct oxygen tracheostomy
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Anesthetic efficacy of local infiltration of 1% lidocaine plus 0.2% ropivacaine compared with 2% lidocaine in ambulatory breast surgery
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Super oxidized water: therapeutic option in the treatment of deep second-degree burns. Experimental study in rats
Background The general treatment of burns victims is not only delicate, but it leads to long periods of time, which increases the final cost of it1–3. The local treatment of these patients has not changed since long time ago and it is worldwide standardized, including: serial surgical debridement’s with daily dressing changes which are painful […]
