Inicio agudo de la atrofia no traumática de las extremidades superiores.(Inglés)
Mark E. Baratz MD, and Katharine L. Baratz Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA Case report A 48-year-old man was evaluated for left arm weakness. Nine months previously he awoke and realized that he was unable to lift his head off of his pillow. His neck weakness rapidly progressed to upper-trunk weakness […]
Rotura aguda de tríceps: Informe del caso y revisión retrospectiva. (Inglés)
Rafael J. Sierra MD, Nicholas G. Weiss MD, Michael W. Shrader MD and Scott P. Steinmann MD Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Rupture of the triceps tendon is rare.1 and 29 Even less common is the occurrence of bilateral triceps tendon ruptures.11 and 15 A case of simultaneous bilateral triceps tendon […]
Reconstrucción de la mitad proximal del radio usando peroné vascularizado…(I)
«Reconstrucción de la mitad proximal del radio usando peroné vascularizado: Significado de la reconstrucción del tejido blando.» Large bony defects in the forearm are occasionally created after tumor resection, trauma, infection, or congenital pseudarthrosis. Such an extensive defect in the forearm, especially in the diaphysis, has been successfully treated by use of vascularized fibula.1, 8, […]
Dos tests de validación, segura y sencilla de la función muscular proximal…(I)
«Dos tests de validación, segura y sencilla de la función muscular proximal y su aplicación al manejo de la miositis inflamatoria idiopática.» Agarwal S, Kiely PD. Department of Rheumatology, St Georges Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK. Objective. To develop objective, isotonic, reliable and valid tests of upper (UL) and lower (LL) limb proximal muscle function […]
Puntos de referencia para el tamaño de la prótesis de cabeza radial. (Inglés)
Job N. Doornberg MS, Durk S. Linzel BS, David Zurakowski PhD and David Ring MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biostatistics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Biostatistics, Childrens Hospital Boston, Boston, MA Purpose Metallic radial head implants are useful when the radial […]
Fracturas con minuta de olecranon: Comparación de los métodos de colocación…
«Fracturas con minuta de olecranon: Comparación de los métodos de colocación de placas.» Michael J. Gordon MDa, b, Jeffrey E. Budoff MDa, b, , , Ming Long Yeh PhDa, Zong-Ping Luo PhDa and Philip C. Noble PhDa aDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA bVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Tex, USA […]
Placa dorsal frente a ventral en el manejo de las fracturas de radio distal..(I)
«Placa dorsal frente a ventral en el manejo de las fracturas de radio distal intra-articular.» David S. Ruch MD, and Anastasios Papadonikolakis MD Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC Purpose To compare the complications and functional and radiographic outcomes of volar and dorsal plating of intra-articular distal radius fractures. […]
Rotura del tendón aductor largo debido al ciprofloxacin.(Inglés)
Mouzopoulos G, Stamatakos M, Vasiliadis G, Skandalakis P. Sparta Hospital, Sparta and Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece. gmouzopoulos@yahoo.gr We present a rare case of spontaneous rupture of the adductor longus tendon induced by ciprofloxacin. A 35-year-old man was diagnosed with pneumonia and was recommended ciprofloxacin 500 mg iv twice a day for 7 days. Three days […]
¿El alendronato previene el colapso en la osteonecrosis de la cabeza femoral?(I)
Uso de anestesia regional en pacientes con riesgo de síndrome compartimental…
«Uso de anestesia regional en pacientes con riesgo de síndrome compartimental agudo.» E.T. Davis, , A. Harris, D. Keene, K. Porter and M. Manji Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, UK Summary A delay in the diagnosis of an acute compartment syndrome can be devastating to the patient. The increasing use […]