Cirugía pediátrica : organo oficial de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Pediátrica
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Review Case Reports
[Stomach volvulus in a female patient with chondrodysplasia punctata].
The case of an 11-year-old girl with a history of chondrodysplasia punctata is reported. She presented with a clinical picture of abdominal pain and vomiting. ⋯ In a plain abdominal X-ray film a gastric dilation was appreciated and a new volvulus was detected by means of a contrast radiogram. The diagnosis was confirmed at surgery and a gastropexy was performed without volvulus relapse.
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The following report is to appraise the utility of the Selective Committee of Works of the Pediatric Surgery Society as an assessing organ for the Directive Board to develop the scientific program for the annual congress. For this purpose, a revision was made of a four year period (1990-1993), compiling 738 summaries, which focused primarily on the capacity of the communicated message to widen our concept of disease or our diagnostic or therapeutic possibilities. The secondary topic focused on was the way in which the investigation was decided on planned and executed. ⋯ The articles with the highest acceptance were those dealing with experimental surgery and/or clinical investigation (70%), transplantation (665), urology (50.7%), oncology (45.6%), cardiovascular surgery (45.5%) plastic surgery (40.5%), orthopedics (39.1%), digestive-abdominal (36.8%) and maxillofacial surgery (26.3%). In 77.5% of the articles, the study method followed is not specified, in 70.7% there is no description of the results obtained and in 85.4% there is no description of the conclusions. Deducing from the above information exposed, it is necessary to maintain a system of selection of the best communications, which in turn, will guarantee a greater scientific quality in the congresses.
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We present the results obtained in the treatment of facial hypertrophic scars in children admitted in the Pediatric Burn Unit of the Hospital Infantil La Paz (Madrid). During the last 30 months 13 patients, with ages ranging from 3 months to 5 years, have been treated. Compared to the elastic pressure masks, rigid masks have yielded better results both on the short and the long term. Rigid masks of Thermo-Vac material turn out to be more comfortable and easier to wear and tolerate than the classical elastic appliances.
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Review Case Reports
[Paraplegia following surgical repair of a ductus and of a coarctation of the aorta in childhood].
The cases of two girls with 4 and 7 years of age presented. They had a patent ductus and an aortic coarcation which were subsequently surgically repaired. ⋯ With rehabilitation they are able to walk, however paraparexis persist. Anatomy of the arterial irrigation of the spinal cord is reviewed and also the pathophysiology and mechanisms of medullar ischemia.