The Use of Absorbable Plates to Treat Facial Fractures From Dog-Bite Injuries in Pediatric Patients: A Case Report.

Dog-bite injuries are common in the facial and neck areas of pediatric patients on account of their size. The incidence of dog-bite etiology for facial fractures in Mexico is unknown as they are underreported. We present a case of a pediatric patient with facial fractures due to dog-bite injuries.

Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Characteristics Associated with Maternal Dietary Patterns in Mexico.

There is scarce evidence on sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics that may explain adherence to different dietary patterns (DPs) during pregnancy. Our aims were to identify dietary patterns in a sample of pregnant Mexican women and to describe their association with selected sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics. This is a secondary cross-sectional analysis of 252 mothers of children that participated as controls in a hospital-based case-control study of childhood leukemia.

Evidence of spatial clustering of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia cases in Greater Mexico City: report from the Mexican Inter-Institutional Group for the identification of the causes of childhood leukemia.

Background: A heterogeneous geographic distribution of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cases has been described, possibly, related to the presence of different environmental factors. The aim of the present study was to explore the geographical distribution of childhood ALL cases in Greater Mexico City (GMC).

Methods: A population-based case-control study was conducted.

A protective maternal nutrient concomitant intake associated with acute leukemia might be modified by sex, in children under 2 years.

Introduction: Maternal dietary consumption during pregnancy has been inconclusively associated with acute leukemia (AL) in infants, probably because epidemiological evidence has emerged mainly from the analysis of one-by-one nutrient, which is not a real-life scenario. Our objective was to evaluate the association between AL in Mexican children under 2 years of age and their mothers' nutrients concomitant intake during pregnancy, as well as to explore whether there are differences between girls and boys.

Methods: We conducted a study of 110 cases of AL and 252 hospital-based controls in the Mexico City Metropolitan area from 2010 to 2019.

c.1898C>G/p.Ser633Trp Mutation in Alpha-L-Iduronidase: Clinical and Structural Implications.

Mucopolysaccharidosis type I is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disease caused by deficient activity of α-L-iduronidase. As a consequence of low or absent activity of this enzyme, glycosaminoglycans accumulate in the lysosomal compartments of multiple cell types throughout the body. Mucopolysaccharidosis type I has been classified into 3 clinical subtypes, ranging from a severe Hurler form to the more attenuated Hurler-Scheie and Scheie phenotypes.

Genotype-Environment Interaction Analysis of NQO1, CYP2E1, and NAT2 Polymorphisms and the Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Report From the Mexican Interinstitutional Group for the Identification of the Causes of Childhood Leukemia.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the main type of cancer in children. In Mexico and other Hispanic populations, the incidence of this neoplasm is one of the highest reported worldwide. Functional polymorphisms of various enzymes involved in the metabolism of xenobiotics have been associated with an increased risk of developing ALL, and the risk is different by ethnicity.

Functional characterization of NK cells in Mexican pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Report from the Mexican Interinstitutional Group for the Identification of the Causes of Childhood Leukemia.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cancer in children around the globe. Mexico City has one of the highest incidence rates of childhood leukemia worldwide with 49.5 cases per million children under the age of 15 which is similar to that reported for Hispanic populations living in the United States.

[Evaluación del desempeño de estudiantes de medicina de pregrado en cirugía abierta con proyección a realizar una especialidad quirúrgica].

Objetivo: Determinar el desarrollo de habilidades, los conocimientos y los niveles de confianza en el campo de la cirugía abierta en un grupo de estudiantes de pregrado de medicina que pretendan realizar una especialidad quirúrgica.

MÉtodo: Se llevó a cabo un estudio en un grupo de estudiantes de sexto año de medicina con el enfoque de realizar una especialidad quirúrgica. Todos los participantes recibieron un entrenamiento teórico-práctico de habilidades en cirugía abierta.

A greater birthweight increases the risk of acute leukemias in Mexican children-experience from the Mexican Interinstitutional Group for the Identification of the Causes of Childhood Leukemia (MIGICCL).

In Mexico, due to the high rates of diabetes, overweight, and obesity, there has also been noted an increased newborn weight, which may be contributing to the elevated incidence rate of childhood acute leukemia (AL). We conducted a case-control study in public hospitals of Mexico City aimed to know whether a greater weight at birth is associated with a higher risk of developing leukemia. We included incident cases with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) diagnosed between 2010 and 2015.

Coadjuvant treatment with surgery and pirfenidone in severe facial trauma due to dog bite.

Background: This case report assesses the effectiveness of surgery plus pirfenidone (PFD) as a concomitant therapy in the management of facial trauma after severe dog bite.

Methods: A 16-month-old female patient who suffered a severe attack by a big-sized dog (Rottweiler) in the midface area was managed with surgery/PFD combination and followed up for 20 months to evaluate the efficacy to control, prevent, and improve injury sequels.

Results: Surgery/PFD combination offered a good complementary therapy downregulating inflammatory activity, improving blood supply, and activating cytokine modulation and collagen synthesis/biosynthesis (scar control).

[Anterior rectal duplication in adult patient: a case report].

Objective: To report a case of rectal duplication in the adult and make a literature review.

Background: The intestinal duplications are injuries of congenital origin that can exist from the base of the tongue to the anal verge, being the most frequent site at level of terminal ileum (22%) and at the rectal level in 5% To date approximately exist 80 reports in world-wide Literature generally in the pediatric population being little frequent in the adult age. Its presentation could be tubular or cystic.

Use of cultured human epidermal keratinocytes for allografting burns and conditions for temporary banking of the cultured allografts.

Five children who suffered burns clinically regarded as full skin thickness loss were grafted with cultured allogeneic skin from newborn prepuce. The wounds had remained open and infected without healing for about 20 days before the patients were received in the burn unit. To avoid losing surviving deep epidermal cells the wounds were débrided but not deeply excised and, a few days before allografting, they were washed with isodine solution and sterile water, and treated with silvadene cream application.