Inestabilidad de la columna cervical superior debida al reumatismo. (Alemán)
Heyde CE, Weber U, Kayser R. Klinik fur Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Charite, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Universitatsmedizin, Berlin. Rheumatic manifestation at the cervical spine occurs in more than 50% of all cases in the natural course of this disease. The first cervical manifestation takes place in the upper cervical spine. The initial involvement of the C1/C2 […]
Osteoartritis en adultos. (Inglés)
Mary Ann E. Zagaria, PharmD , MS , CGP Senior Care Consultant Pharmacist and President of MZ Associates, Inc. Staten Island , New York Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder in the United States, affecting approximately 20 million Americans and accounting for significant disability and health care expenditures in the U.S.1-5 Known as […]
Factores que influyen en los resultados de la osteotomía tibial alta…(I)
«Factores que influyen en los resultados de la osteotomía tibial alta en pacientes con gonartritis medial: Estudio para predecir los resultados.» G. Spahn Dr. med., , , , S. Kirschbaum Dr. med. and E. Kahl Dr. med. Clinic of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery, Eisenach, Germany Department of Traumatology, Hufelan Hospital, Bad Langensalza, Germany Summary Objective […]
Fármacos condroprotectivos en enfermedades de articulaciones degenerativas.(I)
G. Verbruggen Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Catabolic cytokine and anabolic growth factor pathways control destruction and repair in osteoarthritis (OA). A unidirectional TNF-/IL-1-driven cytokine cascade disturbs the homeostasis of the extracellular matrix of articular cartilage in OA. Although chondrocytes in OA cartilage overexpress anabolic insulin-like growth factor (IGF) and […]
Manejo no quirúrgico del hematoma epidural torácico postraumático sintomático.
Eduardo Miñambres MD, PhDa, , Javier Burón MDa, Borja Suberviola MDa, Miguel Angel Hernández MDa, Alejandro González-Castro MDa and Andrés González-Mandly MDa Department of Intensive Care, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, 39008 Santander, Spain Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, 39008 Santander, Spain Posttraumatic spinal epidural hematomas (SEHs) occur infrequently in neurosurgical practice. […]
Diagnóstico etiológico de la osteomielitis crónica. (Inglés)
Andres F. Zuluaga, MD, MSc; Wilson Galvis, MD; Juan G. Saldarriaga, MD; Maria Agudelo, MD; Beatriz E. Salazar; Omar Vesga, MD Background Although bone specimens were established 25 years ago as the gold standard for etiologic diagnosis of chronic osteomyelitis, recent studies suggest that nonbone specimens are as accurate as bone to identify the causative […]
Caracterización cuantitativa de tejidos por ultrasonido…(Inglés)
«Caracterización cuantitativa de tejidos por ultrasonido en los músculos de hombro y muslo – un enfoque nuevo.» Pernille Kofoed Nielsen , Bente R Jensen , Tron Darvann , Kurt Jorgensen and Merete Bakke Abstract (provisional) Background The echogenicity pattern of ultrasound scans contain information of tissue composition in muscles. The aim was: (1) to develop […]
Recidiva de tumor maligno periférico perineural asociado con el nervio sural.(I)
Bonnie J. Nicklas DPM, DABPS1, , , Angela D. Smith DPM2, Richard D. Wolff DPM3 and Felicia A. Johnson DPM4 aLouis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor is a rare sarcoma of peripheral nerves found most often in deep soft tissue. This aggressive tumor is difficult to diagnose […]
Evolución de las tendencias en el cuidado de pacientes politraumatizados.(Inglés
D. Bose, and N.C. Tejwani New York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA Summary Management of polytrauma patients has changed considerably in recent years. This is in keeping with the developments that have occurred in the fields of fracture fixation techniques and intensive care. Prior to the 1970s, patients with […]
