ALEXANDRE SIQUEIRA FRANCO FONSECA
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- Validation of Videoconference With Smartphones in Telemedicine Facial Trauma Care: Analysis of Concordance to On-Site Evaluation(2016) FONSECA, Alexandre Siqueira Franco; GOLDENBERG, Dov Charles; STOCCHERO, Guilherme Flosi; LUIZ, Arthur Vicentini Costa; GEMPERLI, RolfBackground The continental size of some countries and heterogeneous hospital network prevents patients who live in remote areas from getting adequate initial assessment of facial trauma. The authors present an alternative model for trauma assessment by videoconference via smartphones and analyze the concordance between telemedicine and face-to-face management. Methods Fifty patients with either a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of facial trauma were independently evaluated by 2 teams of physicians: Face-to-face and telemedicine-based. The face-to-face team attended patients at bedside (physical examination and computed tomography scan analysis). The telemedicine team consisted of a general surgery resident on duty in the emergency room and a plastic surgeon researcher remotely communicating via smartphones. Both teams answered a questionnaire, which contained data concerning patient's epidemiology, physical examination, computed tomography (CT) scan findings, and treatment option to be followed. Data were analyzed and compared regarding the similarity of answers. Results The sample studied was consistent with the literature, showing a predominance of young males. Traffic accidents and personal violence were the main causes of trauma. The concurrency of answers for physical examination findings was considered substantial ( = 0.720). For CT scan findings, it was almost perfect ( = 0.899); for defining the treatment option, it was almost perfect ( = 0.891). High concurrency of face CT scan findings was observed after we calculated the positive predictive value (89.9%), negative predictive value (99.3%), sensitivity (94.2%), specificity (98.8%), and accuracy (98.3%). Conclusions The proposed model to facial assessment trauma by videoconference via smartphones is feasible, showing high concordance level with face-to-face assessment.
bookPart Reconstrução mamária(2019) OKADA, Alberto Yoshikazu; FONSECA, Alexandre Siqueira Franco; MUNHOZ, Alexandre Mendonça; ARRUDA, Eduardo Gustavo Pires de; MONTAG, Eduardo; GEMPERLI, Rolf- What a difference a clip makes! Analysis of boost volume definition in radiation therapy for conservative breast surgery(2018) FREITAS, Thiago Brasileiro de; LIMA, Kennya Medeiros Lopes de Barros; CARVALHO, Heloisa de Andrade; MARQUES, Patricia de Azevedo; MATTOS, Fabio Teixeira Belfort; FONSECA, Alexandre Siqueira Franco; MUNHOZ, Alexandre Mendonca; FILASSI, Jose Roberto; STUART, Silvia R.; MARTA, Gustavo NaderPurpose/objective(s): To evaluate the role of surgical clips placement in the definition of boost treatment volume. Materials/methods: Clinical Target Volumes (CTV) were defined as: CTV Breast, CTV Quadrant (based on physical exam and pre-surgical images), CTV Boost, defined by clip plus margin (1 cm for 2 or more clips and 2 cm for 1 clip only) plus radiological changes, CTV NT (normal tissue), defined by CTV Quadrant minus CTV Boost and CTV MISS (CTV that would be outside the treatment volume), defined by cry Boost minus CTV Quadrant. Results: A total of 247 patients were included. Upper lateral quadrant was the most common clinical location (47.3%). The median number of clips used was three. The mean volumes were: CTV Breast:982.52 cc, CTV Boost:36.59 cc, CTV Quadrant:285.07 cc, Cry NT:210.1 cc and CTV MISS:13.57 cc. Only 50.6% (125) of the patients presented the CTV Boost completely inside the Cry Quadrant and in 473% (117), partially inside. Among patients with any CFV MISS, 803% (98) had 10% or more of CTV Boost outside the treatment volume. Regarding CTV MISS, there were no statistically significant differences between the groups with 1 clip versus 2 or more clips, nor between patients with or without reconstructive surgery. In average, the CTV Boost was 87% smaller than the CFV Quadrant. The whole quadrant irradiation would lead to unnecessary irradiation of 26% of normal breast tissue. Conclusion: Surgical bed clipping is up most important in the definition of the boost volume irradiation to ensure precision minimizing geographical miss and optimizing surrounding normal tissue sparing.