Publications by authors named "Eduardo Del Pozo"
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- This study compares two surgical methods, Hartmann's procedure (HP) and resection with primary anastomosis (RPA), for treating acute left-sided colonic emergencies among 1215 patients from 204 centers globally.
- Results showed that while HP was the more common treatment (57.3%), RPA was favored for younger patients with fewer health issues and those needing surgery sooner.
- The study concluded that although HP is still widely used, RPA might be the better option, emphasizing the importance of patient characteristics and surgeon experience in determining treatment choice.
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- Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ELC) is the standard treatment for acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC), but it can lead to significant postoperative complications; this study aims to identify risk factors for these complications and create a predictive score.
- A multicentric analysis of 1868 ACC patients revealed that factors such as previous surgeries, diabetes, high bilirubin levels, and gallbladder perforation significantly increased the risk of complications post-surgery.
- The newly developed Chole-Risk Score categorizes patients based on these factors, showing a clear correlation between higher scores and increased complication rates, making it a useful tool for predicting outcomes in ACC surgeries.
Rear-impact collisions at low speed are a leading cause of economic costs among motor vehicle accidents. Recently, EuroNCAP has incorporated in its protocol the whiplash test, to reproduce a low-speed rear impact. This paper presents a field driving study to assess the potential differences between the EuroNCAP dummy tests and actual drivers in the field, focusing on occupant position and biomechanics experimental results.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The objectives of this study were to examine the axial response of the clavicle under quasistatic compressions replicating the body boundary conditions and to quantify the sensitivity of finite element-predicted fracture in the clavicle to several parameters.
Methods: Clavicles were harvested from 14 donors (age range 14-56 years). Quasistatic axial compression tests were performed using a custom rig designed to replicate in situ boundary conditions.
Response of the sternum under dynamic 3-point bending - biomed 2010.
Biomed Sci Instrum
February 2016
The goal of this study was to investigate the response and failure properties of the human sternum under bending loading. Nine sternum specimens from post mortem human surrogates (n=7 male, n=2 female, age: 62.7 +/- 10.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study presents the results of indentation tests on the superior vertebral endplate of the 4th lumbar vertebra (L4) of eleven male cadaveric subjects (65 +/- 7 years). Three locations on the superior endplate surface were loaded with a 7.9 mm spherical indentor at either a low (1 mm/s) or high (1000 mm/s) rate.
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- The study examined how the transverse and spinous vertebral processes of human lumbar vertebrae respond to cantilever bending forces.
- Twelve lumbar vertebrae from donors aged 56-79 were tested under dynamic and quasi-static conditions, showing consistent peak forces regardless of loading rate for transverse processes.
- Spinous processes displayed significantly higher peak forces, influenced by factors like subject mass and age, highlighting their different failure properties compared to transverse processes.
Failure of the lumbar pedicles under bending loading - biomed 2010.
Biomed Sci Instrum
February 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the magnitude of bending moment that results in fracture of the pedicles when lumbar vertebrae are loaded in four-point bending. Nine human second lumbar vertebrae (L2) were harvested from donors aged 59-75 years. The specimens were potted and then subjected to quasi-static sagittal-plane four-point bending, which allowed for a constant bending moment applied over a 3.
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