{"id":22373,"date":"2025-11-18T15:15:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T23:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lpfch.org\/?p=22373"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:57:21","slug":"surgical-excellence-starts-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lpfch.org\/es\/impact-stories\/surgical-excellence-starts-here\/","title":{"rendered":"La excelencia quir\u00fargica comienza aqu\u00ed.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dakota, de 15 a\u00f1os, conduc\u00eda un veh\u00edculo todoterreno cerca de su casa en Nevada cuando choc\u00f3 contra una se\u00f1al de tr\u00e1fico, destroz\u00e1ndose la tr\u00e1quea. Su accidente, que puso en peligro su vida,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Las lesiones requer\u00edan la m\u00e1xima atenci\u00f3n, incluyendo la reconstrucci\u00f3n de las v\u00edas respiratorias, una experiencia que su hospital local no pod\u00eda ofrecer. Pero sab\u00edan a qui\u00e9n llamar.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22376\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22376\" src=\"https:\/\/lpfch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20240531_180128_HDR-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lpfch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20240531_180128_HDR-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lpfch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20240531_180128_HDR-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dakota se recuper\u00f3 sin problemas de las graves lesiones en la garganta gracias al apoyo de su familia y de varios equipos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/profiles\/karthik-balakrishnan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karthik Balakrishnan, MD, MPH<\/a>, un reconocido cirujano aerodigestivo y de reconstrucci\u00f3n de v\u00edas respiratorias en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanfordchildrens.org\/en\/lucile-packard-childrens-hospital.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hospital Infantil Lucile Packard de Stanford<\/a>Respondi\u00f3 sin dudarlo. \u00c9l y sus colegas de cirug\u00eda pedi\u00e1trica y cuidados intensivos reunieron r\u00e1pidamente un equipo que vol\u00f3 a Reno, apoy\u00f3 a los m\u00e9dicos locales en la instalaci\u00f3n de la tecnolog\u00eda necesaria para estabilizar a Dakota y luego lo traslad\u00f3 a Palo Alto.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Apenas una hora despu\u00e9s de llegar al Packard Children&#039;s, Dakota ya estaba en el quir\u00f3fano para una cirug\u00eda reconstructiva de 11 horas, en la que participaron expertos de otorrinolaringolog\u00eda (o\u00eddo, nariz y garganta), cirug\u00eda general, cuidados intensivos y anestesiolog\u00eda. M\u00e1s de una docena de especialistas lo atendieron.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Un ejemplo de c\u00f3mo los equipos de Stanford se unen a la perfecci\u00f3n en torno a cada paciente. Dos meses despu\u00e9s, Dakota estaba en casa, comiendo por boca y hablando con normalidad. Ahora vive como un adolescente normal: de vuelta en la escuela y saliendo con amigos.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Balakrishnan cree que las heridas de Dakota eran tan graves que en casi cualquier otro hospital probablemente no habr\u00eda sobrevivido.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Creciente necesidad de atenci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">No todos los ni\u00f1os experimentan el mismo resultado positivo que Dakota.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cUna de las principales causas de muerte infantil es la falta de acceso a atenci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica de alta calidad\u201d, afirma Balakrishnan. \u201cAfecciones infantiles comunes, como anomal\u00edas cong\u00e9nitas y lesiones, a menudo requieren cirug\u00eda. Sin embargo, demasiados ni\u00f1os no tienen acceso a cirujanos especializados, tanto en Estados Unidos como en todo el mundo. Packard est\u00e1 en condiciones de cambiar esa estad\u00edstica para los ni\u00f1os de todo el mundo\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Packard Children&#039;s ha crecido para satisfacer la creciente demanda: el volumen quir\u00fargico ha aumentado en 35% en los \u00faltimos cinco a\u00f1os y se espera que este crecimiento contin\u00fae. El hospital ahora realiza m\u00e1s de 15,000 cirug\u00edas y procedimientos al a\u00f1o para tratar una variedad de afecciones infantiles, desde<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Desde dolencias comunes como la apendicitis hasta afecciones poco comunes que requieren un tratamiento complejo y multidisciplinario. Pacientes de 46 estados y 35 pa\u00edses acuden a nosotros para recibir atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica disponible en pocos lugares del mundo y, en algunos casos, solo aqu\u00ed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Un procedimiento exclusivo de Stanford es el trasplante dual de \u00f3rganos s\u00f3lidos e inmunes (DISOT), iniciado por <a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/profiles\/alice-bertaina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dra. Alice Bertaina, doctora en medicina<\/a>, y <a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/profiles\/paul-grimm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Paul Grimm, PhD.<\/a> Con DISOT, un ni\u00f1o recibe primero un trasplante de c\u00e9lulas madre, seguido de un trasplante de ri\u00f1\u00f3n unos meses despu\u00e9s. Gracias a DISOT, m\u00e1s pacientes podr\u00e1n recibir trasplantes de \u00f3rganos y vivir sin enfermedades cr\u00f3nicas.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">medicamentos inmunosupresores y sus devastadoras complicaciones: transformando lo que antes era imposible en un nuevo est\u00e1ndar de atenci\u00f3n.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T\u00e9cnicas como DISOT son la raz\u00f3n por la que el Programa de Trasplante de Ri\u00f1\u00f3n Pedi\u00e1trico de Packard Children&#039;s ocupa el puesto n\u00famero 1 en el pa\u00eds en volumen y tiene los mejores resultados: una tasa de supervivencia de 100% despu\u00e9s de uno y tres a\u00f1os.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">En otra primicia, el equipo de cirug\u00eda card\u00edaca, dirigido por <a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/profiles\/michael-ma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Ma, MD<\/a>, est\u00e1 trabajando con bioingenieros <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.stanford.edu\/alison-marsden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alison Marsden, doctora<\/a>, para usar modelos 3D de los corazones de los pacientes para probar los enfoques quir\u00fargicos antes de realizar el procedimiento. (Consulte la historia de Hazel en la p\u00e1gina 12 para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre c\u00f3mo esto<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Un m\u00e9todo de modelado innovador mejora la atenci\u00f3n incluso para los pacientes m\u00e1s peque\u00f1os con las afecciones m\u00e1s graves).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cUna de las caracter\u00edsticas m\u00e1s destacadas de nuestro equipo es la disposici\u00f3n a aceptar pacientes realmente complejos y ser su \u00faltimo recurso. Algunos centros de cardiolog\u00eda no est\u00e1n dispuestos a correr el riesgo, y estoy muy orgullosa de que lo hagamos, porque es la vida de un ni\u00f1o la que est\u00e1 en juego\u201d, dice Ma. \u201cLo que se considera de alto riesgo para algunos centros de cardiolog\u00eda pedi\u00e1trica suele ser un riesgo normal para nosotros\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Este esp\u00edritu de innovaci\u00f3n se extiende incluso a los pacientes que a\u00fan est\u00e1n en el \u00fatero. Dentro del <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanfordchildrens.org\/en\/services\/fetal-and-pregnancy-health.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Programa de Salud Fetal y del Embarazo<\/a>, el equipo de terapia fetal dirigido por <a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/profiles\/yair-blumenfeld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yair Blumenfeld, MD<\/a>, ofrece la posibilidad de corregir quir\u00fargicamente defectos cong\u00e9nitos como la espina b\u00edfida en el \u00fatero. El objetivo es ayudar al feto con el menor impacto posible en la madre a trav\u00e9s de... <a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/maternal-fetal-center.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Investigaci\u00f3n y los tratamientos m\u00e1s avanzados.<\/a><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Redise\u00f1ando la experiencia del paciente<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">La filantrop\u00eda ha convertido a Packard Children&#039;s en uno de los principales hospitales pedi\u00e1tricos del pa\u00eds en atenci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica. Ahora Balakrishnan, quien tambi\u00e9n es el <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Susan B. Ford, Cirujano Jefe<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, tiene la visi\u00f3n de crear la experiencia m\u00e1s optimizada para el paciente y la familia, comenzando desde la derivaci\u00f3n y continuando. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a trav\u00e9s de la atenci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica y la recuperaci\u00f3n.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cLa cirug\u00eda es dif\u00edcil para cualquier familia. Para las familias que no hablan ingl\u00e9s o que tienen recursos limitados, es a\u00fan m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil\u201d, dice Balakrishnan. \u201cDebemos eliminar todos los obst\u00e1culos posibles\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cPara que todos los pacientes floten, en lugar de tropezar, a trav\u00e9s de nuestros pasillos\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Una forma en que el Hospital Infantil Packard logra esto es brindando atenci\u00f3n integral que apoya a toda la familia y permite que los ni\u00f1os sean ni\u00f1os. Gracias al apoyo filantr\u00f3pico para servicios integrales, los terapeutas art\u00edsticos ayudan a los ni\u00f1os hospitalizados a expresar sus pensamientos y sentimientos a trav\u00e9s de la creatividad, y los int\u00e9rpretes y capellanes ayudan a las familias a comprender y afrontar la enfermedad de su hijo.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Durante la rehabilitaci\u00f3n de sus lesiones, Dakota cont\u00f3 con el apoyo de varios equipos, como terapia respiratoria, nutrici\u00f3n, terapia ocupacional y logopedia. Con su madre, Deana, asisti\u00f3 a eventos sociales que le alegraron el \u00e1nimo, como el baile de graduaci\u00f3n del hospital y el...<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">estreno de la pel\u00edcula Inside Out 2, a cargo de Child Life and Creative Arts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cCuando se trata de nuestros ni\u00f1os, no hay egos. Nuestro enfoque siempre es: &#039;\u00bfC\u00f3mo podemos brindar la mejor atenci\u00f3n para todo el ni\u00f1o y la familia?&#039;\u201d, dice Balakrishnan.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Revolucionando la atenci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de la rob\u00f3tica<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Balakrishnan tambi\u00e9n lidera los esfuerzos para que la cirug\u00eda rob\u00f3tica est\u00e9 disponible para todos los ni\u00f1os que se beneficiar\u00edan. Las ventajas de la tecnolog\u00eda rob\u00f3tica son enormes: los cirujanos obtienen una visi\u00f3n 3D ampliada y un mayor control que resulta en cirug\u00edas m\u00e1s precisas. Para los ni\u00f1os, esto potencialmente significa...<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cicatrices m\u00e1s peque\u00f1as, recuperaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s r\u00e1pida, estad\u00edas hospitalarias m\u00e1s cortas y complicaciones y traumas significativamente reducidos.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Packard Children&#039;s es el \u00fanico hospital del norte de California que utiliza un robot ROSA para asistir en cirug\u00edas cerebrales m\u00ednimamente invasivas para la epilepsia infantil y otras afecciones neurol\u00f3gicas. En junio, Packard Children&#039;s recibi\u00f3 la aprobaci\u00f3n de la FDA para ampliar el alcance de la cirug\u00eda rob\u00f3tica al liderar un ensayo cl\u00ednico hist\u00f3rico para nueve procedimientos quir\u00fargicos adicionales en m\u00faltiples especialidades utilizando el sistema rob\u00f3tico da Vinci. El estudio es un paso fundamental en el avance y la adopci\u00f3n de la cirug\u00eda rob\u00f3tica infantil y en el desarrollo de un programa integral de cirug\u00eda rob\u00f3tica pedi\u00e1trica \u00fanico en su tipo.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A medida que el equipo contin\u00faa ampliando los l\u00edmites de lo posible, Balakrishnan ve potencial para convertirse en el referente de la cirug\u00eda rob\u00f3tica pedi\u00e1trica. &quot;Queremos aprovechar la tecnolog\u00eda que hizo famosa a Silicon Valley&quot;, afirma Balakrishnan. &quot;Aqu\u00ed, aceptamos las grandes ideas&quot;.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Acerca del Dr. Karthik Balakrishnan<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Susan B. 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