Influence of the type of operations on the development of latex sensitization in children with myelomeningocele
| Autor: | García-Ibarra F, Antonio Nieto, Angel Mazon, Juan Jose Linana, Luis Caballero, Jose A. Alvarez-Garijo, F. Estornell, Amparo Lanuza, Rafael Pamies, Ruben Felix |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Allergy Pediatrics Meningomyelocele Latex Hypersensitivity Adolescent Immunoglobulin E Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Postoperative Complications Risk Factors medicine Humans Orthopedic Procedures Child Sensitization biology business.industry Spina bifida General Medicine medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Latex allergy Child Preschool Multivariate Analysis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Orthopedic surgery biology.protein Urologic Surgical Procedures Female Surgery business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 40:688-692 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3468 |
| Popis: | Background A genetic tendency to develop latex IgE responses in children with spina bifida has been suggested, but their degree of exposure to latex as well as the route and chronology for sensitization can be different from those of other children with multiple surgeries. The aim was to study the influence of the type of operation on the development of latex sensitization in children with myelomeningocele. Methods In 90 children with myelomeningocele operated with latex, data were collected about age, sex, family, and personal history of allergy, serum total IgE, presence of a ventricular-peritoneal (v-p) shunt, and number and duration of operations, classified as urological, orthopedic, on the v-p shunt, other neurosurgical, and others. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed, using the presence of latex sensitization as dependent variable. Results Serum total IgE, the number of urological and of orthopedic operations were synergistic variables to predict latex sensitization, together with the presence of a v-p shunt, but not the number of operations performed on this device. This seems to play an adjuvant role in the process of sensitization. Conclusions Not only the number, but also the type of operations, namely, of urological and orthopedic nature, is important in the development of latex sensitization in children with myelomeningocele. |
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