52 results match your criteria: "Instituto Universitario Dexeus[Affiliation]"

We evaluated the obstetrical outcomes, ultrasonographic characteristics, and final diagnosis in pregnancies with fetal megacystis (FM). We evaluated the obstetrical outcomes and associated structural abnormalities of fetuses with FM detected between FM between 2000 and 2021. 17 FM were diagnosed, 16 had follow up.

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Cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy located in the lower uterine segment. The current increase in the percentage of cesarean sections is accompanied by significant growth in the incidence of CSP, while advances in ultrasound diagnostic techniques have led to a greater number of CSP diagnoses. A misdiagnosed CSP, or one that is diagnosed too late, is life-threatening to the pregnant patient and predisposes her to complications such as uterine bleeding or rupture, which often require hysterectomy and thus result in the irreversible loss of fertility.

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Ovarian cancer is one of the most common gynecologic cancers and has the highest mortality rate. The risk/protective factors of ovarian cancer suggest that its etiology is multifactorial. Several factors are involved in age-related increases in carcinogenesis, including the accumulation of senescent cells, inflammaging (a chronic inflammatory state that persists in the elderly), and immunosenescence (aging of the immune system) changes associated with poor immune surveillance.

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Vulvar malignant melanoma is the second most common subtype of vulvar cancer, accounting for 5-10% of all vulvar cancers. The prognosis is still very poor, although some advances have been achieved in the last years. One of the most significant changes in its management has been the development of less invasive surgical techniques that diminish the risk of postoperative morbidity and long-lasting sequelae.

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Objective: To assess the relationship of breastfeeding duration with maternal ultrasound carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in later life.

Methods: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Central database searching up to December 15, 2020, for eligible studies that reported on the breastfeeding duration and ultrasound measurement of CIMT in later life. The exposed group corresponded to breastfeeding duration ≥ 6 months whereas the control group was women with breastfeeding of shorter duration or nil breastfeeding.

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Purpose: We analyzed the utility of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in a prospective population-based cohort to determine the mutational profile, assess tumor burden, and estimate its impact in response rate and outcome in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

Experimental Design: A total of 100 patients were diagnosed with DLBCL during the study period. Mutational status of 112 genes was studied in cfDNA by targeted next-generation sequencing.

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Objective: To examine mortality rates related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by gender among European countries.

Methods: PubMed, preprint medRxiv and bioRxiv repositories, and Google were searched for the terms COVID-19, mortality rates, gender, and Europe. Only Google provided a website with appropriate information.

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The effect of endometriosis on sexual function as assessed with the Female Sexual Function Index: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Gynecol Endocrinol

November 2020

Instituto de Investigación e Innovación en Salud Integral, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Aim: To systematically compare sexual function between non-treated women with and without endometriosis.

Methods: A systematic review was performed on PubMed/Medline, Scopus, EMBASE, Web of Science and Cochrane Library databases searching studies that analyzed sexual function (assessed with the 19-item Female Sexual Function Index [FSFI]), and dyspareunia, chronic pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea (assessed with a visual analogue scale [VAS]) in women with and with endometriosis.

Results: In 4 studies, non-treated women with endometriosis presented a higher risk of female sexual dysfunction (mean total FSFI score ≤ 26.

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Objective: This study aimed to analyze the prognostic factors for overall and progression-free survival in patients with vulvar cancer.

Methods: This international, multicenter, retrospective study included 2453 patients diagnosed with vulvar cancer at 100 different institutions. Inclusion criteria were institutional review board approval from each collaborating center, pathologic diagnosis of invasive carcinoma of the vulva, and primary treatment performed at the participating center.

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Purpose: The objective of this work was to determine which embryonic morphokinetic parameters up to D3 of in vitro development have predictive value for implantation for the selection of embryos for transfer in clinical practice based upon information generated from embryo transfers with known implantation data (KID).

Methods: A total of 800 KID embryos (100% implantation rate (IR) per transfer and 0% IR per transfer) cultured in an incubator with Time-Lapse system were retrospectively analysed. Of them, 140 embryos implanted, whereas 660 did not.

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Objective: To determine the recommended dose for phase II trials of elisidepsin (PM02734, Irvalec®) in combination with erlotinib in patients with advanced malignant solid tumors.

Methods: Open-label, dose-escalating, phase I study of intravenous elisidepsin administered weekly (days 1, 8 and 15) over 3 h as a flat dose (FD) and daily oral erlotinib, every 3 weeks. A pharmacokinetic analysis was done on blood samples collected around the first elisidepsin infusion.

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[Molecular repair mechanisms using the Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis technique in patellar tendonitis].

Rev Esp Cir Ortop Traumatol

April 2016

Departamento de Traumatología y Rehabilitación Deportiva, CEREDE Sports Medicine, Barcelona, España.

Objective: To investigate the molecular mechanisms of tissue response after treatment with the Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis (EPI(®)) technique in collagenase-induced tendinopathy in Sprague-Dawley rats.

Methods: Tendinopathy was induced by injecting 50 μg of type i collagenase into the patellar tendon of 24 Sprague Dawley rats of 7 months of age and weighting 300 g. The sample was divided into 4 groups: the control group, collagenase group, and two EPI(®) technique treatment groups of 3 and 6 mA, respectively.

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Objectives: To study the relationship between the appearance of end-of-stem pain with a preoperative decrease in local bone strength by using the bone microindentation technique. The potential usefulness of pressure algometry in the diagnosis and monitoring of this group of patients is also determined.

Material And Method: A preliminary intra- and inter-rater correlation study was performed in a group of 50 healthy volunteers in order to validate the algometry technique.

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A 30-year-old woman (ASA II, obese) in her 40th week of a first pregnancy required epidural analgesia for labor. When the cervix had dilated to 5 cm, the epidural infusion was started with a 9-mL bolus of 0.2% ropivacaine and 50 pg of fentanyl, after a negative test dose.

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Breast augmentation is one of the most regularly performed interventions requiring reoperation in aesthetic surgery. For this reason, it involves a greater chance for complications. In this report, the authors aim to provide young plastic surgeons with guidelines based on their experience for responding to each of these complications, to explain the causes and ways of avoiding them, and to show how they can be treated when they occur.

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Key points in mastopexy.

Aesthetic Plast Surg

December 2010

Instituto Javier De Benito, Instituto Universitario Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain.

Breasts represent femininity and any change of shape may affect their appearance. Breast ptosis may be caused by several factors, including significant weight loss, pregnancy, long breastfeeding periods, and involution of the postmenopausal breast tissue. Breast ptosis may be associated with breast hypoplasia; thus, in case of a mastopexy with or without the use of implants being indicated, several considerations have to be taken into account: the wishes of the patient, age of the patient, degree of ptosis, parenchymal volume, covering tissue, quality of the tissue, pocket implant, shape and content of the implant, and resulting scars.

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Background: The cystic lesions seen around the knee are usually meniscal or popliteal cysts. Cysts inside the articular cavity of the knee are rare and they are usually detected as incidental MRI findings. The ganglions originating in the cruciate ligaments or the infrapatellar fat have rarely been reported.

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Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) on lower calyceal calculi in relation to the renal anatomical factors and determine which of these factors can be used to select patients who will benefit from SWL.

Materials And Methods: We analyzed retrospectively 78 patients with single radiopaque lower calyceal stones treated with SWL. The patients were evaluated 3 months after lithotripsy with a simple abdominal X-ray and a kidney ultrasound scan.

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[Anesthetic management in a pregnant woman suffering from idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura].

Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim

March 2009

Servicio de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor, Instituto Universitario Dexeus, Barcelona.

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is an autoimmune disorder characterized by a low platelet count. Onset usually occurs during adolescence with episodes of cutaneous and mucosal bleeding. Thrombocytopenia during pregnancy is associated with many diseases, of which idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is the most common in the first trimester.

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IL-6/gp130/STAT3 signaling axis in cancer and the presence of in-frame gp130 somatic deletions in inflammatory hepatocellular tumors.

Future Oncol

April 2009

Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain and, Pangaea Biotech, USP Instituto Universitario Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain.

Evaluation of: Rebouissou S, Amessou M, Couchy G et al.: Frequent in-frame somatic deletions activate gp130 in inflammatory hepatocellular tumours. Nature 457, 200-204 (2009).

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Intracameral bevacizumab (Avastin) for neovascular glaucoma: a pilot study in 6 patients.

J Glaucoma

February 2009

Department of Ophthalmology, Instituto Condal de Oftalmología (ICO), Instituto Universitario Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain.

Purpose: To describe the use of intracameral bevacizumab (ICB) Avastin in neovascular glaucoma (NVG) as the first maneuver before pan retinal photocoagulation and/or filtering surgery.

Methods: Between June 2006 and May 2007, 6 consecutive patients with NVG underwent intracameral injection of bevacizumab (1.25 mg/0.

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[The history of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy in Spain].

Arch Esp Urol

October 2007

Centro de Litiasis Renal, Servicio de Urología, Instituto Universitario Dexeus, Barcelona, España.

We give a historical outline of urinary lithiasis with emphasis in the alternative therapeutic options to surgery. We expose the previous steps that led to the birth of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy and its implementation in our country.

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Thirty-four experts and a literature supervisor got together in order to reach a 'consensus' regarding the definition, diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of insomnia. Insomnia is a subjective perception of dissatisfaction with the amount and/or quality of sleep. It includes difficulty in initiating or maintaining sleep or early awakening with inability to fall asleep again.

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[Hysterosalpingography: how, when, what for?].

Radiologia

July 2007

Departamento de Diagnóstico por la imagen, Instituto Universitario Dexeus-USP, Barcelona, España.

Histerosalpingography is the most commonly used technique in the evaluation of infertility. It has traditionally been considered the gold standard for assessment of Fallopian tubes giving information about their patency and morphology. It is also recommended for the study of the uterine cavity.

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Femoroacetabular regularization in hip impingement is currently performed by means of trochanter osteotomy and hip dislocation or more recently by means of hip arthroscopy. We present a novel alternative through a unique mini-invasive anterior approach. Our first series consisted of 35 hips (32 patients) with a mean follow-up of 29.

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