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<journal-id>1684-1824</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica Electrónica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Med.Electrón.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1684-1824</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1684-18242019000501129</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Comportamiento de los gliomas de alto grado en el servicio Neurocirugía de Matanzas. 2017-2019]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Behavior of high-grade gliomas at Matanzas Neurosurgery service. 2017-2019]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Sierra Benítez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique Marcos]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[León Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mairianny Quianella]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Román]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Greisi]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Clínico Quirúrgico Provincial Comandante Faustino Pérez Hernández  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2019</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>41</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>1129</fpage>
<lpage>1141</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000501129&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000501129&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000501129&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: el astrocitoma anaplásico y el glioblastoma multiforme son las formas más agresivas de glioma maligno. Existen avances en radioterapia, quimioterapia y tratamientos de resección quirúrgica agresiva. Esto último incluye métodos como los de tomografía de coherencia óptica, cirugía guiada por fluorescencia, craneotomía de vigilia, terapia térmica intersticial con láser para la ablación por glioblastoma multiforme, microscopía intraoperatoria confocal y espectrometría de masas intraoperatoria, pero a pesar de todo ello el pronóstico resulta sombrío.  Objetivo: determinar el comportamiento de los gliomas de alto grado en el Servicio de Neurocirugía de la provincia Matanzas.  Materiales y métodos: estudio observacional, descriptivo, transversal, con los pacientes diagnosticados de gliomas de alto grado, en el Servicio Neurocirugía, de la provincia Matanzas, en el período de 1ero de enero del 2017 a 1ero de enero del 2019, para un total de 40 casos.  Resultados:  la edad media de las lesiones fue de 52 años, la cefalea fue el síntoma predominante, con el 72,2 %. La sintomatología se presentó con una evolución de menos de un mes.  Conclusiones:  en el 62 % predominaron los gliomas frontales y la variedad histológica glioblastoma multiforme. La excéresis subtotal se aplicó en la mayor cantidad de cirugías, la calidad de vida al egreso fue superior que al ingreso.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction.  Anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) and Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) are the most aggressive forms of malignant glioma. Despite advances in radiotherapy, chemotherapy and aggressive surgical resection treatments, such as optical coherence tomography, fluorescence-guided surgery, waking craniotomy, laser interstitial thermal therapy for GBM ablation, intraoperative confocal microscopy and intraoperative mass spectrometry, the prognosis remains bleak.  Objective: to determine the behavior of high grade gliomas in the Neurosurgery Service of the province of Matanzas.  Materials and methods: cross-sectional, descriptive, observational study with patients diagnosed with high-grade gliomas in the Neurosurgery Service of the province of Matanzas, in the period from January 1, 2017 to January 1, 2019, for a total of 40 cases.  Results:  the average age of the lesionated patients was 52 years; headache was the predominant symptom, with 72.2 %; the evolution at the presentation of symptoms was less than a month.  Conclusions:  frontal gliomas predominated in 62 % of the cases, and predominated also glioblastoma multiforme histological variety. Subtotal excision was used in most surgeries. Life quality at discharging was higher than at the moment of admission.]]></p></abstract>
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