RESUMEN
Drug-resistant epilepsy, in a good number of cases, can benefit from surgery. It is essential to make a timely referral for the pre-surgical study. We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records of our center from 2011 to 2019. The patients who underwent temporal lobectomy were selected. After performing the data analysis, an average waiting time of 23 years was observed, similar to that observed in other countries of the American continent. There is an evident need to provide strategies to reduce the waiting time for epilepsy surgery in patients who benefit from the intervention.
La epilepsia refractaria, en una buena parte de los casos, puede beneficiarse de cirugía. Es importante realizar una referencia oportuna para el estudio prequirúrgico. Se revisaron de forma retrospectiva los registros clínicos de nuestro centro desde el año 2011 al 2019 y se seleccionaron a los pacientes sometidos a lobectomía temporal. Tras realizar el análisis de los datos se objetivó un tiempo de espera medio de 23 años, similar a lo observado en otros países del continente americano. Existe una necesidad evidente de proporcionar estrategias para disminuir el tiempo de espera para la cirugía de epilepsia en los pacientes que se beneficien de la intervención.
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Epilepsia Refractaria , Epilepsia del Lóbulo Temporal , Epilepsia , Humanos , Epilepsia del Lóbulo Temporal/cirugía , Lobectomía Temporal Anterior , Estudios Retrospectivos , Resultado del Tratamiento , Epilepsia Refractaria/diagnóstico , Epilepsia Refractaria/cirugía , Epilepsia/cirugíaRESUMEN
Bronchogenic carcinoma is a rare source of peripheral arterial embolism. We present the case of a 28-year-old female nonsmoker with an adenocarcinoma of the left main bronchus involving the pulmonary veins. While the patient was hospitalized awaiting operation, she presented embolization in her legs; embolectomy and fasciotomy were necessary to treat compartment syndrome. Echocardiography disclosed floating tumoral masses in the left atrium. Seven days later, an operation was performed with cardiopulmonary bypass to remove the tumor masses from the atrial lumen; pulmonary veins were sutured from within the atrium, and pneumonectomy was performed. Fulminant infection of the lower limbs developed that led to gangrene and multiple organ failure, and the patient died 8 days after the operation.