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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1688-0390</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica del Uruguay]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Méd. Urug.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1688-0390</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sindicato Médico del Uruguay]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1688-03902023000401203</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29193/rmu.39.4.3</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Utilización del ultrasonido como herramienta para el diagnóstico y tratamiento en cirugía de tórax]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Use of ultrasound as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool in thoracic surgery]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Uso da ultrassonografia como ferramenta de diagnóstico e tratamento em cirurgia de tórax]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Muto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Macarena]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Palacio]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pablo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mendy]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carolina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Delgado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Deborah]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arechavaleta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nicolás]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bruno]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gerardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Maciel  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Montevideo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Maciel  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Montevideo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Maciel  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Montevideo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Pasteur  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Montevideo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Maciel Servicio de endoscopía respiratoria intervencionista ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Montevideo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Maciel Servicio de Cirugía Torácica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Montevideo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>39</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1688-03902023000401203&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1688-03902023000401203&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1688-03902023000401203&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Objetivo: presentar la utilización de la guía ecográfica en el tórax para realizar biopsias y colocación de drenajes, ya sean pleurales o pericárdicos.  Material y método: se realizaron 124 procedimientos ecoguiados en el Instituto del Tórax del Hospital Maciel, desde enero de 2014 hasta agosto de 2022.  Resultados:  se evaluaron franja etaria, tipo de procedimiento y rentabilidad diagnóstica en los procedimientos ecoguiados. Se realizaron 69 punciones con fines diagnósticos, 48 colocaciones de drenajes pleurales bajo apoyo ecográfico y 7 drenajes pericárdicos.  Conclusión:  la realización de procedimientos ecoguiados en el tórax es una herramienta diagnóstica y terapéutica segura, con buen rendimiento y mínimas complicaciones.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  Objective:  To present the use of ultrasound guidance to perform thorax biopsies and place drainages, whether pleural or pericardial.  Method: A total of 124 ultrasound-guided procedures were performed at the Thoracic Institute, Maciel Hospital, from January 2014 to August 2022.  Results:  The results were assessed based on age group, type of procedure, and diagnostic yield in the ultrasound-guided procedures. There were 69 diagnostic punctures, 48 ultrasound-guided pleural drainage placements, and 7 pericardial drainages.  Conclusions:  The performance of ultrasound-guided thoracic procedures are a safe diagnostic and therapeutic tool with excellent efficacy and minimal complications.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo:  Objetivo: fica no tórax para realização de biópsias e colocação de drenos pleurais ou pericárdicos.  Materiais e métodos:  foram realizados 124 procedimentos guiados por ultrassom no Instituto del Tórax do Hospital Maciel no período de janeiro de 2014 a agosto de 2022.  Resultados:  foram avaliadas faixa etária, tipo de procedimento e rentabilidade diagnóstica em procedimentos guiados por ultrassom. Foram realizadas 69 punções para fins diagnósticos, 48 colocações de drenos pleurais sob suporte ultrassonográfico e 7 drenos pericárdicos.  Conclusão:  a realização de procedimentos guiados por ultrassom no tórax é uma ferramenta diagnóstica e terapêutica segura, com bom desempenho e complicações mínimas.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ultrasonido]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cirugía de tórax]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Punción ecoguiada]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ultrasound]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Thoracic Surgery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ecoguided biopsy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Cirurgia torácica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Ultrassom]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Biópsia ecoguiada]]></kwd>
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