Publications by authors named "Nunez-Otero J"

Acute pancreatitis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. It can develop complications such as fluid collections and necrosis. Infection of necrosis occurs in about 20-40 % of patients with severe acute pancreatitis, and is associated with organ failure and worse prognosis.

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Objective: Urinary lithiasis is a prevalent disease with a high socioeconomic impact, where endourological surgery has shown excellent results with minimal complications. For its part, outpatient surgery is an efficient, safe and quality care model. We present our experience in the outpatient endourological treatment of lithiasis and a review of the main series.

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Article Synopsis
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased waiting lists for endourology procedures, prompting the need for a new prioritization strategy for elective stone surgeries.
  • A new scoring system called 'SCQ-score' was developed, which includes 9 variables related to patients' conditions and demonstrated excellent inter- and intra-rater reliability in a study involving 60 patients.
  • The SCQ-score is designed to be user-friendly, efficient, and aims to ensure fair access to stone surgeries both during and after the pandemic.
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Objectives: To evaluate the current clinical practice for patients with Prostate Cancer (CP) in the Health Areas of Castilla y León (CyL) in 2014. METHODS: A retrospective multicenter study was designed to provide data on the diagnosis and treatment of PC in CyL: 87.8% of patients were screened.

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Background And Objective: To describe an unusual clinical presentation as isolated splenic tuberculosis.

Patient And Methods: We report a case of isolated splenic tuberculosis, a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient, and, as a peculiarity, debuts in the form of symptomatic hypercalcemia.

Results: We deeply report the clinical case and the procedures performed to exclude other diseases.

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