Objetive: A bifid nose is a rare congenital anomaly that occurs during embryological development of the nose. In 1939, Esser published a series of 11 cases. Case Report: Here we present the case of a girl who was born with a forked nose that was managed with a tracheostomy to secure the airway. Later, at 6 months of age, she underwent a first intervention to improve the external appearance of the nose.

Background: Mucosal melanoma represents one of the pathologies with a lower proportion among tumors of the nose and paranasal sinuses and as a consequence late diagnoses. Objective: To present the case of a male patient in the sixth decade of life with nasal mucosal melanoma and a systematic review of studies reported from 2016 to 2021. Results: The systematic search was carried out from January 2016 to December 2021 in PubMed, Google Scholar and Elsevier; 147 articles that meet the 19 criteria were located. Conclusion: The injury was prevalent in women, there was a higher prevalence in the seventh and eighth decades. The main lesions were epistaxis and nasal obstruction, involved the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses and the left side was the most common involved. There was high frequency of advanced disease stages and distant metastases and generally with poor 5-year survival.

Background: Lymphangiomatous polyps of the palatine tonsils are rare benign lesions. This entity originates from the lymphoid stroma intermixed with parenchyma, being different from papillary hyperplasia, representing approximately 1.9% of tonsillar neoplasms. Objective: To present a case report and systematic review of the pediatric cases published in the literature. The report case: A systematic review was carried out following the PRISMA guidelines of the reports in PubMed, Elsevier, Google Scholar from 2010 to 2021. 18 articles were found of which 8 females and 10 males were found, the mean age was 14 years, in 15 lesions were unilateral. All cases reported the presence of lymphatic vessels in the histopathological exam. Conclusion: There is variability with age with a similar distribution between genders, being rare there is heterogeneity in its denomination.

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that affects various organs and tissues, with greater tropism for lung disease, gastrointestinal and central nervous system tissue and even bone. However isolated cases of affection to other structures have been reported, just like this patient who came with symptoms in the tonsils and subsequently, lung involvement became apparent. Theton sillar infection in this case was considered a secondary tuberculosis with primary focus in the lungs.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of midline nasofrontal lesions in a tertiary hospital of regional referral and it´s relationship with other malformations. Material and Methods: Study Design: Transversal retrospective. Male and female patients aged 1 month to 13 years of age with congenital lesions of the nasofrontal midline, treated at Children's Hospital from 1990 to 2005. Sample: was obtained by a non-probabilistic sample of consecutive cases. Through the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 13.0 which included descriptive statistics: median as a measure of central tendency and frequency distribution and proportion as a measure of dispersion. Results: a review of clinical records was conducted from 1990 to 2005, finding 38 of 67 records reviewed, 29 files were excluded because they correspond to the diagnosis of occipital encephalocele. Prevalence was 38 c...

Objective: To describe the conditions and characteristics of the tracheostomy procedure in a tertiary health care unit and analyze its association with the recorded outcome. Materials and methods: A retrospective, observational and descriptive study that included patients operated in the Otorhinolaryngology Unit of the Northwest National Medical Center, Sonora, from August 2014 to August 2015. Fifty-two (52) complete clinical records of consecutive series of cases were reviewed, out of which 57% were men with an average age of 56.2 years old. Descriptive statistics was used to characterize the distribution, and the differences were evaluated by chi-square test and Student’s t-test. Results: Seventy-one percent (71%) of the patients underwent surgery in an operating room and 29% in the ICU. In the latter, more than half of the cases had a tracheostomy (51.92%). Prolonged intubation was ...

Objective: To evaluate the incidence and factors associated with suicidal ideation in a sample of resident physicians from two institutions. Materials and methods: A descriptive, observational, prospective and cross-sectional study was carried out to estimate the suicidal ideation and associated factors with the Plutchik Suicide Risk Scale among resident physicians from two hospitals between September and October 2022. Descriptive statistics were used with measures of central tendency and dispersion, as well as relative and absolute frequencies. In addition, Pearson’s chi-square goodness of fit test and Kruskal-Wallis H test were used to examine the differences between specialties, and Tukey’s Honest Significant Difference test to determine which specialty was different. Results: A total of 225 surveys were answered, out of which 20 were eliminated due to inadequate completion, leavi...

Objective: To determine if there is a hearing gain after performing a tympanoplasty type 1 in patients with mid level chronic otitis and conductive hearing loss. Material and Methods: This study was conducted in the otolaryngology service of the Specialty Hospital Nº2, highly specialized medical unit, Northwest National Medical Center in Obregon city, Sonora. A study of a retrospective, analytical and longuitudinal cohort was carried out. Overview of the Study: Clinical records of patients diagnosed with sequale of mid level chronic otitis, tympanoplasty type 1 post surgery patients in this institution from March 2011 to April 2014 were reviewed. Data such age, sex and place of origin were taken and if there were any post surgery complications, average level of hearing previous and after surgery. Results: From a total of 237 reviewed patients, 51 were completed, of which 33 were female ...

Objective: To determine the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), as confirmed byrespiratory polygraphy, and to analyze its association with sociodemographic, anthropometric, lifestyle, and comorbidity-related variables among patients attending outpatient pulmonary consultations. Materials and methods: An observational, analytical, and retrospective study was conducted based on the medical records of adult patients evaluated for suspected OSA at the Pulmonology Department of Hospital de Especialidades No. 2, a tertiary care center of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS – Mexican Social Security Institute) in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, between January 2023 and December 2024. Patients who had undergone respiratory polygraphy and had recorded variables such as age, sex, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), neck and abdominal circumference, physical activity, smoking hist...

Human beings are social beings by nature, and disagreements and conflicts are common situations inherent in their different social activities. This review aims to describe the origin of conflicts and the mediation techniques in healthcare. It is well known that conflict resolution skills are needed to be learned, and such skills are considered within the changing priorities of healthcare students. Disagreement and conflict are inevitable between members of clinical care teams, as well as with patients and their families during healthcare. Despite the importance of these skills, they have not been established as an educational need in healthcare professionals’ curricula, even though physicians are required to negotiate and resolve conflicts on an ongoing basis in healthcare settings. Our role as educators is to analyze the changing empirical professional context, and provide our student...

Objective: To evaluate the clinical and epidemiological factors associated with residual lithiasis among patients who underwent flexible ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy (FURSLL). Materials and methods: An observational, analytical, retrospective and cross-sectional study, using a non-probability sampling method through consecutive case series. Demographic and clinical variables were collected from the medical records of patients who underwent FURSLL. Descriptive statistics, including measures of central tendency and dispersion, were applied. Pearson’s chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test were used to assess the associations, with statistical significance set at p ≤ 0.05. Results: A total of 24 medical records from patients with nephrolithiasis who underwent FULL were analyzed. The sample consisted of eight males (33.33 %) and 16 females (66.70 %), with a mean body mass index...