Publications by authors named "Roberto de Oliveira Cardoso Dos Santos"
Article Synopsis
- Centralized management of surgical queues was implemented through the "Patients with Surgical Indication" (PSI) system in a Brazilian public tertiary hospital, aimed at reducing surgical waiting times and managing oncological surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- A retrospective study from 2016 to 2022 showed that the median waiting time for surgeries decreased significantly from 98 days in 2016 to 14 days in 2022, along with a drop in the backlog of surgical requests.
- The study concluded that the PSI system effectively improved surgery scheduling and waiting time management in Brazil, demonstrating its value in rationing healthcare services during challenging times.
Purpose: to analyze the occurrence of conjoined twins at a tertiary perinatology reference university hospital over a period of 25 years (January 1982 to January 2007) and to describe the successful separation of one of the pairs.
Methods: we consulted retrospectively the database of the University Hospital of the Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, in order to determine the number of pairs of conjoined twins, their frequency, classification, gender, type of pregnancy resolution, attempted surgical separation, prenatal diagnosis and survival.
Results: we detected 14 pairs of conjoined twins (1/22,284 live births and 1/90 pairs of twin live births) born during this period (six males, seven females and one of indeterminate sex).