Prophylactic mesh does not prevent parastomal hernia in long-term: Meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis.

Background: Previous randomized clinical trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses evaluating parastomal hernia prevention with mesh placement during end colostomy formation have reported contradictory results. This review aimed to assess the efficacy of this strategy in long-term follow-up according to the latest available data.

Methods: Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and Google Scholar were searched.

In-person school reopening and the spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the second wave in Spain.

We investigate the effects of school reopening on the evolution of COVID-19 infections during the second wave in Spain studying both regional and age-group variation within an interrupted time-series design. Spain's 17 Autonomous Communities reopened schools at different moments in time during September 2020. We find that in-person school reopening correlates with a burst in infections in almost all those regions.

Use of a bioabsorbable mesh in midline laparotomy closure to prevent incisional hernia: randomized controlled trial.

Introduction: The objective was to assess the effectiveness and safety of a bioabsorbable mesh at the time of closure of a midline laparotomy for IH prevention.

Materials And Methods: A multicenter, randomized clinical trial including patients undergoing abdominal surgical procedures through a midline laparotomy incision was designed. In the group of mesh (n = 167) the incision was closed using a continuous polydioxanone suture (PDS) plus a bioabsorbable mesh.

Medical Versus Surgical Treatment for the Management of Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis: A Systematic Review.

A systematic review and quality assessment was performed to assess the management of diabetic foot osteomyelitis by medical or surgical treatment. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist was used. All selected studies were evaluated using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool to assess the risk of bias for randomized controlled trials.

Prioritization criteria of patients on scheduled waiting lists for abdominal wall hernia surgery: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: Long delays in waiting lists have a negative impact on the principles of equity and providing timely access to care. This study aimed to assess waiting lists for abdominal wall hernia repair (incisional ventral vs. inguinal hernia) to define explicit prioritization criteria.

Evolution of the TcPO values following hyperoxygenated fatty acids emulsion application in patients with diabetic foot disease: results of a clinical trial.

Objective: The use of emollients to lubricate dry skin to prevent diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), especially in neuroischaemic feet, has been recommended. This study analyses the effect of daily topical application of hyperoxygenated fatty acids emulsion on transcutaneous oxygen pressure (TcPO) in the feet of neuropathic and neuroischaemic patients with diabetes.

Method: Patients with diabetes and no active foot ulcer were included in this longitudinal, prospective, non-comparative clinical trial.

Increasing Transcutaneous Oxygen Pressure in Patients With Neuroischemic Diabetic Foot Ulcers Treated With a Sucrose Octasulfate Dressing: A Pilot Study.

Regarding the positive clinical outcomes of sucrose octasulfate impregnated dressing documented in neuroischemic diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), we aimed to evaluate the microcirculatory status in patients with neuroischemic DFU through the use of sucrose octasulfate dressing. Eleven patients with neuroischemic DFU were included in a prospective pilot study between July 2019 and March 2020. We evaluated the effect in transcutaneous oxygen pressure (TcPO; mm Hg) values within the use of a sucrose octasulfate dressing in the course of the healing process of neuroischemic DFUs (UrgoStart Contact, Laboratoires Urgo Medical).

Metatarsal Head Resections in Diabetic Foot Patients: A Systematic Review.

A systematic review and proportional meta-analysis were carried out to investigate the complications that occur after surgical metatarsal head resection in diabetic foot patients. The PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) checklist recommendations were applied, and the selected studies were evaluated using a Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) checklist. PubMed (Medline) and Embase (Elsevier) were searched in December 2019 to find clinical trials, cohort studies, or case series assessing the efficacy of the metatarsal head resection technique in diabetic foot patients.

[Epidemiological aspects, clinic and control mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: Situation in Spain].

In January 2020, the Chinese authorities confirmed the causative agent of an outbreak of cases with pneumonia of unknown etiology that appeared in December 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) called SARS-CoV-2 is a new virus of the coronavirus family. On March 12, the WHO declared this outbreak as a pandemic as it spread worldwide.

[Abdominal Wall Surgery After SARS-CoV-2: Time to Reestablish Postponed Non-essential Procedures?].

Pandemic by the COVID-19 has found us unprotected to provide an adequate and rapid sanitary response. The hospital network of our public health system has provided most of the resources for the treatment of patients affected by the infection. Non-essential (non-priority) surgeries have been postponed.