The impact of a two-year long COVID-19 public health restriction program on mechanical thrombectomy outcomes in a stroke network.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic public health restrictions on our drip and ship mechanical thrombectomy program in Santiago Chile.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database comparing two cohorts, one during a two-year period before COVID-19 and the second during the two years of the pandemic at our metropolitan stroke program.

Results: A total of 100 patients were included in the pre COVID-19 cohort (cohort 1) and 121 in the COVID-19 cohort (cohort 2).

Breaking the breach in Latin America: A pilot study of mechanical thrombectomy in the public healthcare system in Chile.

Background: Mechanical Thrombectomy (MT) is the standard of care for treatment of large vessel occlusion stroke. Until the beginning of 2020 MT was not funded nor widely implemented at the public healthcare level in Chile.

Objective: To describe the results of a pilot program created to provide access to public MT in Santiago - Chile.

[Medical genetics services in VenezuelaServiços de genética médica na Venezuela].

Objective: To characterize medical genetics services in Venezuela and describe the distribution of their resources, services, technologies, and professional training.

Methods: A descriptive, documentary study of genetic services was conducted between February and November 2016, involving a review of primary documentary sources and the use of a data collection form in research institutions to obtain information on the availability of human resources, clinical care, and diagnostic services, as well as professional training. Furthermore, the Venezuelan Society of Human Genetics database was used to identify the human resources available in genetics centers.