Publications by authors named "M S Fernandez-Cordoba"

Introduction: The course in Primary Care in Pediatric Trauma (ATIP in Spanish) has been taught in Spain since 1997, and there are currently 9 accredited training centers. Care of polytraumatized pediatric patients often takes place in an environment conducive to errors resulting from forgetfulness, which is why checklists - mnemonic tools widely used in industry and medicine - are particularly useful to avoid such errors. Although several checklists exist for pediatric trauma care, none have been developed within the setting of our course.

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Objectives: Report our experience with the use of contrast-enhanced serial voiding urosonography (SVU) for posterior urethral valve (PUV) patient diagnosis and management.

Material And Methods: Descriptive retrospective study in 0- to 14-year-old patients with suspected PUV at SVU performed as a first contrast-enhanced urinary tract test with subsequent cystoscopic study. Variables were analyzed using SPSSv22.

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Objectives: To present our experience of 23 years in the treatment of varicocele by embolization in pediatric age.

Material And Methods: Observational descriptive study of all patients with varicocele treated by embolization after phlebography, by indication of the pediatric surgery service between 1995 and 2017. We performed descriptive statistical analysis and comparison between pain and testicular asymmetry before and after treatment (SPSSv22).

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Objectives: To assess the utility of a new modality of video-urodynamic for study of lower urinary tract dysfunction and other uropathies in kids, replacing voiding cystourethrography by echo-enhanced cystosonography, without ionizing radiations.

Material And Methods: Prospective study with simultaneous performance of filling cystometry and cystosonography in 43 kids during the last two years. The sonographic contrast was infused trough the urodynamic catheter.

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