Dr. María Victoria Fernández currently works at San Eloy Hospital as a general surgeon, mainly a laparoscopist, and also develops her work as a coloproctologist and surgeon at San Juan de Dios Hospital in Santurce. During her intervention, she emphasizes her medical vocation and the importance of bringing quality of life to patients, especially in the field of oncological surgery of the colon and rectum.
She explains that pelvic floor pathology has been historically little visible, especially in women who lived with incontinence problems or sequelae derived from childbirth and episiotomies. She points out that these alterations can profoundly affect daily life and social relationships.
Dr. Fernández also gives great importance to rest and states that she always asks her patients how they sleep, especially in the face of complex diagnoses such as colon or rectal cancer. She considers that restorative sleep is fundamental to face any clinical situation and that many people live in a continuous state of alert that prevents adequate rest.
Upon learning about NESA technology, what especially caught her attention was its innovative and less invasive nature, as well as its possible usefulness in problems related to insomnia, rest and regulation of the autonomic nervous system.
