Publications by authors named "M A Lafuente"
We describe the epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of nontuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis cases detailed in a 28-year (1996-2023) multicenter cohort from Spain. The case numbers remained stable during the initial prospective phase (2013-2020), but a sharp decline was observed during 2021-2022. Disease onset occurred during spring or June in 45.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To evaluate the prescriptions patterns, effectiveness, and safety of adding probiotics to Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy, in Europe.
Design: International, prospective, non-interventional registry of the clinical practice of the European gastroenterologists. Data were collected and quality reviewed until March 2021 at AEG-REDCap.
Elevation of depressed skull fractures in pediatric patients is indicated when the depression extends below the level of the inner table. Although open surgical reduction is an option for treatment, closed vacuum-assisted elevation has been found to have a high success rate and low complication rates when employed in children less than 6 months of age without disruption of the cortex. In this article, we describe two recent cases from our institution and summarize the reported cases in the literature including information about fracture specifics, device used, technical approach, and success rate of the procedure.
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- Ebstein's anomaly is a congenital heart condition involving tricuspid valve defects and associated complications, analyzed through data from 45 surgeries between 1990 and 2018, with a median age of 11.3 years for patients.
- Surgical methods included valve repair (38%), cone reconstruction (42%), and replacement (19%), with additional surgeries needed for some patients, mainly for severe tricuspid insufficiency.
- At a median follow-up of 6.5 years, the overall mortality rate was 11.5%, with favorable outcomes for cone reconstruction showing low mortality, less reoperation needed, and better medium-term durability compared to other techniques.
Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is gaining importance as sensing tool. However, wide application of the SERS technique suffers mainly from limitations in terms of uniformity of the plasmonics structures and sensitivity for low concentrations of target analytes. In this work, we present SERS specimens based on periodic arrays of 3D-structures coated with silver, fabricated by silicon top-down micro and nanofabrication (10 mm × 10 mm footprint).
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