Publications by authors named "Victor Villanueva"
Objective: The public health strategies adopted for the containment of COVID-19 have generated psychosocial stressors that act as risk factors for alcohol consumption. The objectives of this study were to establish whether alcohol risk consumption varied during COVID-19 confinement, and how these variations manifested as a function of different sociodemographic variables.
Methods: The study was conducted during confinement with 3,779 participants in Spain.
The increase in cannabis use coincides with the proliferation of small-scale cannabis cultivation. These crops facilitate substance availability and increased use. Some investigations have studied the characteristics of small-scale cultivators; however, it is not known whether their profiles differ by gender.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: Cell-Based Therapies (CBT) constitute a valid procedure for increasing the quantity and quality of bone in areas with an inadequate bone volume. However, safety and efficacy should be investigated prior to clinical application. The objective of this study was to evaluate the biodistribution, safety and osteogenic capacity of bone marrow-derived human mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) pre-seeded into β-tricalcium phosphate (TCP) and implanted into NOD/SCID mice at subcutaneous and intramuscular sites.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) is a clinical condition found in patients who have received intravenous or oral bisphosphonate therapy for various diseases related to bone. This report describes a novel treatment of BRONJ using autologous bone marrow stem cells, platelet-rich plasma, beta tricalcium phosphate, and demineralized bone matrix.
Study Design: We report a 71-year-old woman with history of multiple myeloma treated with intravenous zoledronic acid during 4 years.