Publications by authors named "Miguel A Sierra-Juarez"

Scrotal arteriovenous malformations (AVM) are extremely rare, making them difficult and complex to diagnose, and a therapeutic challenge; few cases of this type have been reported in the literature. This article reports the case of a male patient, 12 years old, with congenital AVM and background of treatment with sclerotherapy and embolization: it was decided to perform a surgical resection, which was successful. Angiography is obligatory in arteriolar cases, and it was backed up with surgical AVM treatment, taking into account the great importance of pre-surgical embolization.

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IntroducciÓn: Los programas de entrenamiento simulado permiten optimizar recursos, aumentar la práctica técnica y acortar curvas de aprendizaje, y constituyen un método seguro, estandarizado y validado de aprendizaje para todos los entrenados.

Objetivo: Desarrollar un programa de entrenamiento vascular mediante la elaboración de una anastomosis término-terminal de un vaso en un modelo experimental para residentes de cirugía general.

MÉtodo: Para el desarrollo de este modelo de entrenamiento se utilizó una extremidad amputada a nivel supracondíleo libre de proceso médico-legal.

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