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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1029-3019</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1029-3019</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1029-30192020000400700</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Utilidad de la membrana amniótica en el proceso de cicatrización]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Usefulness of the amniotic membrane in the scaring process]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Piñera Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marjoris]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Santiesteba]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Odenys]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Del Valle Piñera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico Saturnino Lora ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>24</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>700</fpage>
<lpage>706</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30192020000400700&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30192020000400700&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30192020000400700&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Se describen los casos clínicos de dos pacientes ingresados en el Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico Saturnino Lora de Santiago de Cuba: un anciano que recibió una revascularización coronaria en el Servicio de Cirugía Cardiovascular y presentó infección del sitio quirúrgico, así como rechazo al material de sutura; y una adulta joven asistida en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos por una endocarditis bacteriana, a la que, después de dos meses de estadía hospitalaria, se le desarrolló una úlcera por presión de grado III en la región sacra, con 8 cm de diámetro y exposición ósea. En estos pacientes se habían aplicado todos los protocolos terapéuticos establecidos según el tipo de afección, pero al no sanar las lesiones, se decidió aplicar apósitos de membrana amniótica, con lo cual la evolución fue favorable y se logró la cicatrización de las heridas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The case reports of two patients admitted to Saturnino Lora Teaching Clinical Surgical Provincial Hospital in Santiago de Cuba are described: an old man that received a coronary revascularization in the Cardiovascular Surgery Service and presented infection of the surgical site, as well as suture material rejection; and a young adult woman assisted in the Intensive Cares Unit due to a bacterial endocarditis, who after two months of hospitalization developed a grade III pressure ulcer in the sacral region, with a diameter of 8 cm and bony exposure. In these patients all the established therapeutic protocols had been implemented according to the type of disorder, but if there is no healing of the lesions, it was decided to apply amniotic membrane dressings, with which there was a favorable clinical course and the scaring of the wounds was achieved.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[membrana amniótica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[úlcera por presión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[herida quirúrgica séptica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cicatrización de heridas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[amniotic membrane]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pressure ulcer]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[septic surgical wound]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[scaring of wounds]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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