Publications by authors named "Herney Andres Garcia"
Objectives: To determine clinical characteristics of the population with Fournier's necrosis at Hospital Universitario del Valle (HUV) in Cali during the period 2003-2008.
Methods: We performed a retrospective review of patients with the diagnosis of Fournier's necrosis at HUV during the period 2003-2008. We collected information on age,personal history, duration of illness, hospitalization, surgeries performed, time to surgical treatment, isolated germs, and mortality.
Objectives: The aim of this paper is to describe the clinical-surgical characteristics of patients who underwent laparoscopic procedures for the management of urinary tract stone disease when performing extracorporeal, percutaneous or endourological procedures was not available.
Methods: A descriptive study based on information from the medical records of patients who underwent surgical laparoscopic management of urinary stone disease between January 2001 and May 2010 at a third level hospital. Epidemiological, clinical and procedure-related variables were taken from the medical records.
Testicular hemangiopericytoma, solitary fibrous tumor: a very rare case.
Arch Esp Urol
November 2010
Objective: To describe the case of a patient with paratesticular hemangiopericytoma and to perform a bibliographic review.
Methods: We describe the case of a patient with paratesticular hemangiopericytoma. We conducted an exhaustive literature review in different databases to support the case discussion.
Summary Objectives: The main objective of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with penile fracture in the Hospital Universitario del Valle (Cali, Colombia).
Methods: A descriptive study, reviewing all the medical records of patients diagnosed with penile fracture from January 2001 to December 2008 at Hospital Universitario del Valle (.HUV).
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with renal trauma at Hospital Universitario Del Valle (HUV) in Cali, Colombia.
Material And Methods: This is a descriptive study of patients diagnosed with renal trauma (ICD 10) at HUV between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2007. We gathered such variables as age, sex, haemodynamic stability, type of trauma, location and effect of injury, clinical examination findings at admission, presence of renal failure, need for transfusion, diagnostic method, accompanying injuries, required treatment, duration of hospital stay and complications.
Purpose: To determine the prevalence of abnormal coagulation tests in patients who undergo transrectal prostate biopsy.
Material And Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed at Hospital Universitario del Valle (HUV) between 1 June and 31 December 2008. Variables collected included age, PSA value, PT (prothrombin time), PTT (partial thromboplastin time) and INR (international normalized ratio) values and the presence of abnormalities in each of the haematological variables.