Publications by authors named "A Baltasar Bague"
Background And Objectives: Skin cancers in albinos are frequent in sunny countries. The surgeon plays a crucial role in their treatment. The objective was to describe the challenges of surgical management of skin cancer in albinos.
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- Digestive cancers are common in Africa and often diagnosed late, making palliative surgery crucial for improving patient quality of life.
- A retrospective study in Ouagadougou over 12 years analyzed 639 surgeries, categorizing outcomes based on symptom improvement after the procedures.
- Results showed a 76% rate of very satisfactory improvement in quality of life, although some complications occurred, highlighting the need for better education and training for African surgeons in palliative techniques.
Introduction: The objective of the present study is to describe the incidence of recently acquired hepatitis C (RAHCV) in a large cohort of people living with HIV (PLWHIV) and sexualized drug use and other related risk behaviours.
Methods: Observational study including all PLWHIV with a RAHCV episode between June 2005 and December 2019 at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain. Incidence of RAHCV was determined per person calendar year (py) in those patients who were HCV RNA negative.
Methods using statistical shape and appearance models have been proposed to analyze bone mineral density (BMD) in 3D from dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans. This paper presents a retrospective case-control study assessing the association of DXA-derived 3D measurements with osteoporotic hip fracture in postmenopausal women. Patients who experienced a hip fracture between 1 and 6 years from baseline and age-matched controls were included in this study.
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