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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0028-3746</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Neumología y cirugía de tórax]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Neumol. cir. torax]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0028-3746</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Neumología y Cirugía de Tórax; Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas; Sociedad Cubana de Neumología; Sociedad Paraguaya de Neumología; Sociedad Boliviana de Neumología.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0028-37462018000300203</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Fijación de arcos costales por mínima invasión]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Minimally invasive thoracic costal fixation]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Arias]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Menjivar-Rivera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Óscar Mauricio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Escobedo-Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Emmanuel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-del Razo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rodolfo Javier]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Médico ISSEMyM Toluca  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Estado de México]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Anáhuac  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>77</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>203</fpage>
<lpage>208</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0028-37462018000300203&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0028-37462018000300203&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0028-37462018000300203&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Antecedentes:  La cirugía de mínima invasión en tórax ha tenido un gran desarrollo en los últimos años alrededor del mundo. Este concepto puede ser aplicado al trauma torácico no sólo para revisión de la cavidad torácica, sino también para resolución de patologías procedentes del mismo trauma.  Material y métodos:  Serie de casos con diseño retrospectivo, descriptivo en un período de 34 meses sobre pacientes sometidos a fijación de arcos costales con técnica de mínima invasión en el Servicio de Cirugía de Tórax del Centro Médico ISSEMyM Toluca, Estado de México. Se realizó un análisis evaluando la edad, género, tiempo quirúrgico, número de costillas fijadas, días de estancia hospitalaria y eventuales complicaciones.  Resultados:  Se presenta la primera serie de casos reportada para la fijación de arcos costales por mínima invasión utilizando el sistema StraCosTM, donde se describe la técnica y se muestran los resultados favorables; muestra final n = 64, la duración media del tiempo quirúrgico fue de 62.11 minutos (58-66). Se evaluaron los días de estancia intrahospitalaria posterior a cirugía con un promedio de 2.5 días (2.2-2.7). Al momento de la revisión (34 meses de seguimiento) se reportaron en total cero complicaciones, la cantidad media de arcos costales fijados fue de 3.6 (3.4-3.8).  Conclusiones:  La fijación de arcos costales por mínima invasión es una técnica segura y reproducible, logra reducir considerablemente la estancia hospitalaria, así como la disminución de complicaciones posoperatorias.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  Background:  The thoracic minimal invasion surgery has had a great development worldwide on the last years. This procedure could also be applied in thoracic trauma not only for the cavity assessment but also in helping resolve the pathologies left by the trauma.  Material and methods:  We present a case series study, designed retrospectively, descriptively and observationally presented on a time period of 34 months on patients that went under costal arches attachment through minimal invasion technique, by the thoracic surgery department from ISSEMyM Toluca Medical Center. An analysis was run through taking into consideration age, gender, the surgical time, amount of ribs fixated, hospital staying and eventual complications.  Results:  We present the first series of cases reported for costal fixing with a minimum invasion aproach using the StraCostm system, the technique and the results are displayed. Final sample n = 64, the average surgical procedure time was of 62.11 minutes (58-66). The post-surgery intra-hospital stay days were evaluated with an average of 2.5 (2.2-2.7) days. At the time of this revision, no complications were reported, the average quantity of costal arches fixated was of 3.6 (3.4-3.8).  Conclusions:  Costal arches fixation through minimal invasion, is a safe and duplicate technique, which helps reducing considerably the intra-hospital stay, as well as the post-surgery complications and chronic pain decreasing.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cirugía de tórax]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fijación costal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mínima invasión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Thoracic surgery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[thoracic costal fixation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[minimal invasion]]></kwd>
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