Vargas C

ORCID: 0000-0003-3943-5645 · 3 papers in corpus
observational 2024
Sex disparities in gallstone disease: insights from the MAUCO prospective population-based cohort study
BMJ open gastroenterology ·doi:10.1136/bmjgast-2024-001457

OBJECTIVE: To investigate factors associated with the prevalence and incidence of gallstone disease (GSD) in women and men of the MAUCO population-based prospective cohort. DESIGN: 8948 MAUCO participants (aged 38-74 years) underwent abdom…

meta-analysis 2022
Efficacy of Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in the Reduction of Pain and Opioid Requirement in Laparoscopic and Robot-assisted Hysterectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia ·doi:10.1055/s-0041-1740595

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the available evidence of TAP Block in efficacy in laparoscopic or robotic hysterectomy. DATA SOURCES: We searched databases and gray literature for randomized controlled trials in which transversus abdominis plane …

diagnostic-accuracy 2002
Accuracy of five different diagnostic techniques in mild-to-moderate pelvic inflammatory disease
Infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1155/s1064744902000194

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) compared with the diagnosis of PID made by laparoscopy, endometrial biopsy, transvaginal ultrasound, and cervical and endometrial cultures. STUDY DESIGN: A …