Publications by authors named "Inez Ohashi Torres"
Despite the increasing number of female medical graduates, women remain underrepresented in surgical leadership roles. Previous studies have highlighted gender disparities in operative autonomy, self-assessment, and psychological burden. Simulation-based training may offer a means to reduce such disparities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study compared outcomes of patients with acute limb ischemia (ALI) before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic, hypothesizing that poor outcomes observed during the pandemic have not yet been resolved.
Methods: This retrospective, observational, single-center study analyzed ALI patients from 2019 to 2023.
Results: Over 5 years, 298 patients underwent surgery for ALI at our hospital: 35 had COVID-19 (COVID group), 132 tested negative (non-COVID group), 71 were treated before the pandemic (pre-COVID group), and 60 after (post-COVID group).
Objective: To evaluate the in hospital and long term outcomes after open or endovascular repair of subclavian and axillary artery injuries.
Methods: This was a retrospective, single centre study. Data were reviewed from patients with subclavian and or axillary injuries who presented to the authors' centre between January 2009 and December 2022.
Background: To evaluate a workshop using a low-fidelity simulator for training vascular surgery residents in vascular anastomosis during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Design: Prospective, controlled, single-center.
Methods: Vascular surgery residents at the São Paulo University Medical School were enrolled in the COVID Group (five post graduation year 3 residents) or Control Group (five PGY-4 residents).
Background: There is a dearth of studies conducted to understand the socio-professional profile of the vascular surgery specialty and the population demands of specific regions, which are needed to support creation of care policies and direct infrastructure improvements in healthcare.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to describe the socio-professional profile of vascular surgeons in the state of Pará, Brazil, to guide creation of tools for professional improvement.
Methods: A cross-sectional, self-report survey was conducted in Pará using a questionnaire comprising 30 questions covering six main topics.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze silicone tubes with an internal diameter of 4 mm as a possible material for vascular prostheses.
Methods: Grafts were implanted into the infrarenal aortas of 33 rabbits. Fluoroscopic examinations were performed within 150 days after surgical implantation.
Background: To compare polidocanol foam sclerotherapy with surgical treatment of patients with primary chronic venous insufficiency and active ulcer treated at a single vascular center.
Methods: Fifty-eight limbs of 56 patients with active ulcers were prospectively randomized to undergo either surgical treatment or foam sclerotherapy. Patients completed the Aberdeen Varicose Veins Questionnaire (AVVQ), the Venous Clinical Severity Score (VCSS), and Venous Disability Score (VDS).
Objective: The aim of this study was to describe our early experience in the treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms with bifurcated endografts. We report on our initial twelve-month experience using this approach.
Methods: Clinical data on patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms treated at a single tertiary center in Brazil were prospectively recorded.
Purpose: To study comparatively ovarian autograft and heterograft in rats' omentum pouch, using Cyclosporine A.
Methods: In the present study 20 rats, distributed equally in four groups, had been used: Control Group (rats submitted to ooforectomy); Group A (ovarian autograft); group H (ovarian heterograft); e group C (ovarian heterograft and treatment with Cyclosporine A). All animals had been submitted to a bilateral ooforectomy.