Using Deadlifts as a Postactivation Performance Enhancement Strategy in Warm-ups in Football.

Abade, E, Brito, J, Gonçalves, B, Saura, L, Coutinho, D, and Sampaio, J. Using deadlifts as a postactivation performance enhancement strategy in warm-ups in football. J Strength Cond Res 37(9): 1821-1827, 2023-Postactivation performance enhancement activities may be relevant warm-up strategies aiming to improve subsequent physical performance.

Telemedicine Strategy to Rescue CPAP Therapy in Sleep Apnea Patients with Low Treatment Adherence: A Pilot Study.

Patients with sleep apnea are usually treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). This therapy is very effective if the patient's adherence is satisfactory. However, although CPAP adherence is usually acceptable during the first months of therapy, it progressively decreases, with a considerable number of patients accepting average treatment duration below the effectiveness threshold (4 h/night).

Bilateral hydrosalpinx in patients with Hirschsprung's disease.

Purpose: Hirschsprung's disease (HD) is uncommon in females. There are very few reports on the patients' obstetric and gynecological outcome. Hydrosalpinx causes pain and infertility.

Anal canal duplication and triplication: a rare entity with different presentations.

Anal canal duplication (ACD) is the rarest of gastrointestinal duplications. Few cases have been reported. Most cases present as an opening in the midline, posterior to the normal anus.

Thoracoscopic segmentectomy of methylene blue dyed intralobar sequestrations.

Surgical resection of congenital lung lesions has evolved with minimally invasive and parenchyma-preserving techniques. Although these lesions are usually small and their limits can be suspected by direct vision or palpation, there are no clear anatomic landmarks to enable a precise resection. This report presents a new technique that helps to define the limits of intralobar sequestrations, leading to a safe and anatomic thoracoscopic segmentectomy.

[Left cardiac sympathetic denervation in congenital ventricular arrythmias: initial experience].

Background: Left cardiac sympathetic denervation (LCSD) has been proposed as a second-line therapy for potentially lethal ventricular arrythmia with no response to the gold standard treatment with beta-blockers. It has been used mainly in channelopathies such as long QT syndrome (LQTS) and polymorphic cathecolaminergic ventricular tachycardia (PCVT).

Aim: Analizing our preliminary experience in the treatment of congenital ventricular arrythmia with thoracoscopic LCSD.

[Management of rectal traumatism in the pediatric age].

Objective: In pediatrics anorectal injuries are not very common and their management classically includes an intestinal derivation. In selected patients and with favourable conditions, there has been an increased interest in repair the injuries without derivation. We present our experience in the management of this pathology, looking through the literature.

[Utility of the ECMO in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia].

At the moment the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) constitutes the last link in the therapeutic one of the handling of the respiratory failure in patients with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (HDC). We presented our experience. From January 2001 we arrange the ECMO in neonative UCI.

Intestinal complications after antenatal fetoscopic laser ablation in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.

Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) occurs in 9% of monochorionic twin pregnancies. An imbalanced blood flow across placental vascular communications produces a hypovolemic condition in the donor fetus and hypervolemia in the recipient fetus, leading to a variety of postnatal complications. We report 3 cases of intestinal injury in TTTS after fetoscopic laser ablation of the communicating vessels: 2 cases of intestinal atresia, and 1 case of necrotizing enterocolitis of 1 twin.

Fifteen years of experience in the treatment of anorectal malformations.

Aim: To analyze our experience in the treatment of anorectal malformations (ARM) with the posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PSARP), and our modifications through the last few years and the outcomes.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed 107 cases divided into two groups: Former (F: 1994-2003) and Recent (R: 2004-2008). Type of ARM, associated anomalies, management and complications were noted.

Heminephroureterectomy for duplex kidney: laparoscopy versus open surgery.

Objective: To report our experience of laparoscopic heminephroureterectomy (Hnu) in pediatric patients with duplex anomalies, in comparison to open surgery.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective review of data from patients who underwent Hnu from 2005 to 2008 was performed. The patients were divided into two groups: laparoscopic (LHnu) and open surgery (OHnu).

Impact of fetal intervention on postnatal management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Unlabelled: We report our experience in the postnatal management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) after fetal endoluminal balloon tracheal occlusion (FETO).

Material And Methods: Out of 19 CDH fetuses diagnosed since December 2005, 13 had a lung-to-head ratio (LHR) < 1.1 (0.

[Which surgical technique should we perform for benign renal disease in children?].

Aim: The aim of this paper is to analyze our experience in different surgical techniques to perform a nephrectomy for benign renal diseases in children.

Material And Methods: From 1993 to 2005 we have performed 98 nephrectomies. We have three groups of patients depending on the surgical technique: open nephrectomy (ON), transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy (TLN) and retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy (RLN).

[Nutritional and surgical management of short bowel syndrome. Our last 6 patients' experience].

Background: Children cause of intestinal failure is short-bowel syndrome. It provokes an altered absorption of nutrients and makes patients to be dependent on parenteral nutrition (PN) while they wait or not for an intestinal transplantation, with its side effects. It is crucial to achieve the maximum efficiency of remaining intestine.

[Lessons we've learned in the treatment of long gap esophageal atresias].

Background: A gap greater than 3 cm between both esophageal pouches is observed in 1 of 20 cases of esophageal atresia. Our goal was to critically review our experience in the management of these patients.

Material And Methods: During 1995-2004, 15 patients were treated for a long gap esophageal atresia (LEA).

Myofibroblastic tumor causing severe neonatal distress. Successful surgical resection after embolization.

This report describes a case of a term male 3.1 kg, normal delivery, 38 weeks of gestation with a record of hydramnios by prenatal sonography. He had fetal acute suffering and respiratory distress.