Manejo quirúrgico del paciente reumatoide. (Inglés)
J. M. Wilkinson, , D. Stanley and C. J. M. Getty Department of Orthopaedics, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield, S5 7AU, UK Abstract Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory disease, affecting 13% of the adult population. Multiple joint involvement, systemic co-morbidity, and polypharmacy including immuno-modulatory drugs, present the surgeon with significant challenges. […]
Cirugía ortopédica y hemofilia. (Inglés)
Timothy Matthews and Andrew Carr, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK Abstract Disorders of haemostasis present considerable challenges to the orthopaedic surgeon. The x-linked inherited condition of haemophilia is characterised by spontaneous haemarthrosis; if left inadequately treated, recurrent bleeding will occur, leading to chronic synovitis and ultimately haemophilic arthopathy. […]
Densidad del pecho y densidad mineral del hueso en mujeres postmenopáusicas.
«Relación entre la densidad del pecho y la densidad mineral del hueso en mujeres postmenopáusicas.» Diana S. M. Buist, Ph.D., M.P.H. 1 2 *, Melissa L. Anderson, M.S. 1, Stephen H. Taplin, M.D., M.P.H. 3, Andrea Z. LaCroix, Ph.D. 1 2 4 1Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington 2Department of Epidemiology, School […]
Diástole como función del ritmo cardíaco durante el ejercicio de bicicleta. (I.)
«Duración de la diástole y sus fases como una función del ritmo cardíaco durante el ejercico de bicicleta supino.» Charles S. Chung, Mustafa Karamanoglu, and Sándor J. Kovács Cardiovascular Biophysics Laboratory, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 The duration of diastole can be defined in terms of mechanical events. Mechanical […]
Sindrome de compartimiento espontáneo en pacientes con diabetes. (Inglés)
M. Jose ; N. Viswanathan ; E. Aldlyami ; Y. Wilson ; N. Moiemen ; R. Thomas S Abstract: A compartment syndrome is an orthopaedic emergency which can result from a variety of causes, the most common being trauma. Rarely, it can develop spontaneously and several aetiologies for spontaneous compartment syndrome have been described. We […]
Ablación por radiofrecuencia de la enfermedad metastásica ósea. (Inglés)
A. F. Posteraro, , D. E. Dupuy and W. W. Mayo-Smith Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA Abstract Image-guided radiofrequency (RF) ablation is an emerging alternative therapy for treatment of cancer in patients who can not undergo surgical resection. We have performed RF ablation on patients to locally treat and palliate […]
Uso del SPECT óseo en la evaluación de la displasia fibrosa de cráneo. (Inglés)
Nakahara, Tadaki MD; Fujii, Hirofumi MD; Hashimoto, Jun MD; Kubo, Atsushi MD Abstract: The authors present a case of fibrous dysplasia (FD) of the skull in which bone SPECT was useful in addition to CT. CT showed the skull base lesions on the right side with the characteristic signs of FD, such as a ground-glass […]
Complicaciones del tratamiento quirúrgico en tumores primarios de pelvis. (Ingl)
«Complicaciones que siguen al tratamiento quirúrgico de tumores malignos primarios de hueso en la pelvis.» F. Zeifang, , M. Buchner, A. Zahlten-Hinguranage, L. Bernd and D. Sabo Orthopaedic University Hospital of Heidelberg, Schlierbacher Landstr. 200a, 69118, Heidelberg, Germany Accepted 25 May 2004. Available online 4 August 2004. Abstract Aim. To report the complication rates of […]
La lesión de rodilla en jugadoras de fútbol ligada a osteoartritis temprana.(I.)
La lesión de rodilla en jugadoras de fútbol está ligada a una alta frecuencia de osteoartritis temprana.» One of the fastest growing team sports in America, particularly on college campuses, is women’s soccer. Of the more than 17 million players participating in organized soccer nationwide, 7 million are female. In Sweden, where soccer is wildly […]
Seguridad del hueso en el tratamiento a largo plazo con bisfofonato. (Inglés)
Rodan G, Reszka A, Golub E, Rizzoli R. Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486, USA. Bisphosphonates (BPs) are widely used in osteoporosis and other bone diseases. Treatment of osteoporosis would, in many instances, involve continued use of BP for a number of years, so it is pertinent to examine skeletal consequences of long-term BP […]