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Background: Hemangioblastomas are benign vascular neoplasms, World Health Organization grade I, with the most frequent location in the cerebellum. Complete microsurgical resection can be a challenge due to excessive bleeding, which is why preoperative embolization takes importance. Case Description: Two clinical cases are presented, a 25-year-old woman and a 75-year-old man, who presented with intracranial hypertension symptoms due to obstructive hydrocephalus; a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was placed in both cases; in addition, they presented with cerebellar signs. Both underwent embolization with ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, with blood flow reduction. After that, they underwent microsurgical resection within the 1st-week post embolization, obtaining, in both cases, gross total resection without hemodynamic complications, with clinical improvement and good surgical outcome. It is worth mentioning that surgical management is the gold standard that allows a suitable surgical approach, like in our patients, for which a lateral suboccipital craniotomy was performed. Conclusion: Solid hemangioblastomas are less frequent than their cystic counterparts. The treatment is the surgical resection, which is a challenge and always has to be considered as an arteriovenous malformation in the surgical planning, including preoperative embolization to reduce perioperative morbidity and mortality and get good outcomes.
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Objetivo: describir la opinión de estudiantes de medicina de Perú sobre la legalización del aborto por violación y evaluar sus factores asociados. Material y Métodos: estudio observacional, transversal y analítico, en estudiantes de Medicina Humana que asistieron a alguna de las dos asambleas estudiantiles nacionales realizadas en la ciudad de Trujillo durante el 2015. Se aplicó una encuesta de 25 preguntas que recolectó variables sociodemográficas e información sobre la opinión de los estudiantes sobre la legalización del aborto. Los factores asociados a estar a favor de la legalización del aborto en casos de violación se evaluaron mediante la regresión de Poisson con varianza robusta, obteniendo razones de prevalencia (RP) y sus intervalos de confianza al 95% (IC95%). Resultados: se encuestó a 142 estudiantes de Medicina Humana. El 53,5% fueron mujeres, el 62,7% se encontraban estudiando en universidades fuera de Lima y el 44,0% se encontraban entre quinto y octavo semestre. El 57,5% estuvieron de acuerdo con la legalización del aborto en casos de violación, lo cual estuvo asociado a mayor compromiso religioso (RP=0,50; IC95%=0,30-0,84) y a la aprobación familiar de la legalización del aborto (RP=1,39, IC95%=1,08-1,80). Conclusiones: aproximadamente la mitad de los encuestados estuvo de acuerdo con la legalización del aborto en casos de violación. Esto estuvo asociado a tener un menor compromiso religioso y a que su familia apruebe la legalización del aborto, lo cual resalta la importancia del entorno familiar y religioso en este tema.
Objective: to describe the opinion of Peruvian medical students about the legalization of abortion in cases of rape, and to address its associated factors. Material and Methods: an observational, cross-sectional and analytical study was performed in medical students who attended any of the two national student assemblies that took place in the city of Trujillo during 2015. A 25-question survey was administered, which included socio-demographic variables and information regarding the students opinion about abortion legalization. Factors associated with favoring abortion legalization in cases of rape were assessed using Poisson regression with robust variance, obtaining prevalence ratios (PR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results: we surveyed 142 medical students. Fifty-three and a half per cent were women, 62.7% were studying in universities outside Lima and 44.0 % were between fifth and eighth semester. Fifty-seven and a half percent of the students agreed with legalizing abortion in cases of rape, which was associated with religious commitment (PR = 0.50, 95% CI = 0.30-0.84) and with the approval of such legalization by their relatives (PR = 1.39, 95% CI = 1.08 to 1.80). Conclusions: Half of the participants agreed that abortion should be legalized in cases of rape. This was associated with having a more relaxed religious commitment and with the approval of abortion legalization by their relatives, which highlights the importance of the family and religious environment in this issue.
