Biomedical subjects

C Bardají Pascual

Publications and source records attributed to C Bardají Pascual.

5 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2002

[Benefits of pyeloplasty in children with pyeloureteral stenosis: study of somatic development and differential renal function].

INTRODUCTION: Under the actual controversy about the management of hydronephrosis for ureteropelvic junction obstruction, our objective has been to evaluate the indications and the effects of pyeloplasty as therapeutic option. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We have reviewed the charts of patients who underwent pyeloplasty, in special concerns at the preoperatory study and the postoperatory control by means of differential renal function (DRF) and half-time drainage (T1/2) on curves of Tc99m MAG3 diuretic renogram, and the effects in the body growth. RESULTS: Between 1995-1999 a total of 16 patients (17 kidneys) underwent pyeloplasty (range: 2 months to 12 years), selecting for the surgical treatment the symptomatic cases and the asymptomatics with alteration of renographic curve and/or DRF. The left side was involved in 12 cases, the right side in 3, and one case was bilateral. The malformation was detected by prenatual ultrasonography on 56.25% of cases and by several symptoms (abdominal pain, infection) in remaIns. The preoperatory DRF was normal (> or = 45%) in 53.3% and deteriorated in 46.7%. Postoperatively, global differential renal function improved significantly, with normal values in 66.7% of kidneys at first control and 75% at the second one. All the cases presented before surgery an obstructed renographic curve, with a half-time superior to 20 minutes; after pyeloplasty the excretory pattern in the diuresis renogram improved significantly, with a normal pattern (T1/2 < 10') in 54%, indeterminate (T1/2 between 11 and 20') in 26.7% and obstructive (T1/2 > 20') in 20% of cases. At the age of surgery, 29.4% of children was below the 50th percentile in weight; postoperatively, only 5.9% was, demonstrating a significant increment in all the cases. CONCLUSIONS: Pyeloplasty is an effective technique for the treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction in the selected cases, demonstrating a significant of differential renal function and body growth.

Child↗

PubMed1991

[An analysis of the introduction of pediatric surgery in Spain].

The specialty of paediatric surgery (P.S.) has been officially recognized in Spain since 1977 as being independent of other surgical areas, and charged with carrying out pathological surgery in paediatric ages. In spite of the considerable progress made, it suffers constant threats, which is why we feel it is opportune to review various aspects of the problems it is currently facing. If we observe how the specialty is distributed, we can see that there are many paediatric services and professorships which do not send their patients to a P.S. specialist. The child's health may suffer as a result of the Administration's decision to allow twenty-two provinces (seven million inhabitants) to go without P.S. We know that many specialties carry out surgery on the paediatric population, so we may well ask: What use is the P.S. qualification? Information was collected from legal sources which indicates the need to hold the qualification of "homologated specialist", given that "the doctor who ventures into specialties which are not his/her own may add a risk factor, and thereby give rise more easily to an offence of negligence". It is time that concepts and competences of the specialty were clarified, and to fight to ensure that all Spanish children should be operated on by legally qualified specialists.

General Surgery↗

PubMed1991

[Prominent ears. Correction using a modified Chongchet technique].

The authors describe their experience with the correction of prominent ears using a modified Chongchet technique. This method is based on the investigations of GIBSON and DAVIS (1958), who showed the tendency of cartilage to warp when one surface is cut. The prominent ear is folded back to produce the desired antihelix fold, which is outlined with methylene blue. An elliptical piece of retroauricular skin is excised. An incision is made through the whole thickness of the cartilage, following the posterior marked linea of the new antihelical fold, from the superior crus to the tail of antihelix. The anterior surface of the cartilage is dissected from the skin. A series of parallel incisions are made through the taut outer layer of the future fold. The tension on that side is released, and therefore it will bend towards the opposite side. The antihelical fold is corrected. This method was used in 192 patients with prominent ears. The results were satisfactory, with a normal-looking fold of antihelix. No recurrence of the deformity was seen.

Child↗

PubMed1991

[The prevention of postoperative pain].

An explanation of the different surgical techniques used preoperatively, during the operation or immediately after, to eliminate postoperative pain or reduce the anesthetic level required. An elevation according to such general factors as atmosphere, posture, sedatives, as well as various local or trunk infiltrations and epidural or subarachnoidal blocks.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1985

[Clinical value of anorectal manometry in childhood].

Anatomy and physiology of the anorectum has been studied with manometric techniques in a normal group (n = 34) and in patients with anorectal pathology (n = 477). Authors comment manometric anomalies found in anorectal atresias, Hirschsprung's disease, constipation, neurogenic disorders (spina bifida, sacral agenesia) and the value in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic measures that this technique demonstrates.

Anal Canal↗