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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>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1684-18242019000601367</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Meningiomas intracraneales. Experiencia de dos años en el servicio Neurocirugía de Matanzas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Intracranial meningiomas. Two-year experience in the service Neurosurgery of Matanzas]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Sierra Benítez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique Marcos]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[León Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mairianny Quianella]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Molina Estévez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miriam Luisa]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guerra Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rafael]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Román]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Greysi]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>41</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>1367</fpage>
<lpage>1381</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000601367&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000601367&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000601367&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: los meningiomas constituyen la segunda causa de tumores cerebrales primarios, en el adulto. Representan hasta el 32 % del total de los mismos.  Objetivo: describir el comportamiento del meningioma intracraneal en los pacientes investigados.  Materiales y métodos:  se realizó un estudio analítico, descriptivo, retrospectivo a los pacientes neurointervenidos con meningioma intracraneal, en el Servicio de Neurocirugía del Hospital Docente Universitario &#8220;Comandante Faustino Pérez Hernández&#8221;, de la provincia Matanzas. En el período comprendido entre el 1ero de enero de 2017 al 1ero de enero del 2019. Los 15 pacientes intervenidos conformaron el universo de estudio.  Resultados: la media poblacional fue de 55 años. Predominó el sexo femenino en un 73,3 %. La cefalea fue la manifestación clínica más frecuente, igualmente, que los meningiomas de la convexidad cerebral. En cuanto a la topografía, la media del tamaño de la lesión fue de 4,4 cm. La variedad meningotelial (40 %) fue la que predominó. El grado II de resección fue el que más se empleó. El edema cerebral postquirúrgico predominó en un 26,6 %. La puntuación de la escala de Karnofsky al egreso fue superior que al ingreso.  Conclusiones: cuanto más precoz se realice el diagnóstico clínico y tratamiento quirúrgico en los pacientes portadores de meningioma, mejor será su calidad de vida al egreso.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  meningiomas are the second cause of primary brain tumors in adults, representing up to 32 % of the total.  Objective:  to describe the behavior of intracranial meningioma in the studied patients.  Materials and methods: a retrospective, descriptive, analytical study was conducted on neurosurgery patients with intracranial meningioma in the Neurosurgery service of the University Teaching Hospital &#8220;Comandante Faustino Pérez Hernández&#8221; of the province of Matanzas, in the period from January 1st 2017 to January 1st, 2019. The 15 patients undergoing neurosurgery were the study universe.  Results:  the population mean was 55 years; female sex prevailed (73.3 %). Headache was the most frequent clinical manifestation as well as meningiomas of cerebral convexity in terms of topography. The average lesion size was 4.4 cm; the meningothelial variety (40 %) was the most commonly found; grade II resection was the most used one. Post-surgical cerebral edema (26.6%) predominated. Karnofsky scale score at discharge was higher than at admission.  Conclusions:  the earlier the clinical diagnosis and surgical treatment are performed in patients with meningioma the better will be their quality of life at discharge.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[meningioma intracraneal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[calidad de vida]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Neurosurgery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[intracranial meningioma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[life quality]]></kwd>
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