Manejo en el campo de las lesiones de cabeza en deportistas. (Inglés)
Pierre Durand, Jr, MD, and Gregory J. Adamson, MD Head injuries are prevalent in collision sports. Concussions represent the relatively benign end of the spectrum of injuries. Severe closed head injuries include epidural hematomas, acute subdural hematomas, intracerebral hematomas, intraventricular hematomas, subarachnoid hemorrhages, and diffuse axonal injuries. Second impact syndrome represents a severe cerebral autoregulatory […]
Autoinjerto de hueso y tejido usado por cirujanos ortopédicos. (Inglés)
Lavernia CJ, Malinin TI, Temple HT, Moreyra CE. The purpose of our study was to determine the involvement of orthopaedic surgeons in the process of acquiring allografts they transplant. A questionnaire regarding allograft acquisition and use was directed to 340 hospitals. In approximately 85% of the institutions, nonorthopaedic personnel selected and acquired the allografts. In […]
Subluxación anterior después reducción de dislocación esterno-clavicular. (Ing.)
Subluxación anterior después de la reducción de una dislocación esterno-clavicular traumática posterior: Informe de un caso y revisión de la literatura. Wettstein M, Borens O, Garofalo R, Kombot C, Chevalley F, Mouhsine E. Service d’Orthopedie et de Traumatologie de l’Appareil Locomoteur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland. Sternoclavicular dislocations represent a rare injury. Based […]
Dislocaciones peritalares: Un estudio retrospectivo de 18 casos. (Inglés)
Garofalo R, Moretti B, Ortolano V, Cariola P, Solarino G, Wettstein M, Mouhsine E. Abstract The purpose of this study is to retrospectively evaluate 18 consecutive cases of peritalar dislocations referred to our department during a period of 25 years and to delineate the factors influencing long-term prognosis. There were 13 (73%) medial and 5 […]
Osteomilitis por criptococo. (Inglés)
Summary: A 51-year-old man presented to the emergency department with chest pain radiating to the right shoulder. The pain had been present for several months but had become refractory to analgesics. Past medical history was remarkable for recently diagnosed diabetes mellitus with negative cardiac and gastrointestinal workups. Physical examination revealed the patient had a low-grade […]
Papel y limitaciones de la ablación por radiofrecuencia en los tumores. (Inglés)
Papel y limitaciones de la ablación por radiofrecuencia en el tratamiento de los tumores de tejidos blando y de hueso. Kamran Ahrar MD Section of Interventional Radiology Division of Diagnostic Imaging, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard Unit 325, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA Abstract Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has evolved […]
Experiencia con clavo intramedular estable elástico(ESIN) en niños. (Inglés)
Experiencia con clavo intramedular estable elástico (ESIN) en fracturas de huesos largos en niños. Jubel A, Andermahr J, Isenberg J, Schiffer G, Prokop A, Rehm KE. Klinik fur Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie der Universitat zu Koln. The aim of this prospective clinical controlled trial was to investigate the early and midterm results of shaft fractures […]
Fracturas de radio distal: Coherencia de las clasificaciones. (Portugués)
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the intra-observer and interobserver reproducibility of Frykman, AO and Universal classifications for the fractures of the distal radius. METHODS: In this study, 40 radiographs of fractures of the distal radius were selected and classified by orthopedists of different centers and levels of experience, determining the intra-observer […]
Beneficios del ejercicio intenso en mujeres osteopénicas postmenopáusicas.
Beneficios de dos años de ejercicio intenso en la densidad ósea, la salud física y lo lípidos en sangre en mujeres osteopénicas postmenopáusicas tempranas: Resultado del estudio de prevención de la osteoporosis Erlangen (EFOPS). Kemmler W, Lauber D, Weineck J, Hensen J, Kalender W, Engelke K. Institute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen, Krankenhausstrasse 12, […]
Intervención farmacológica en la prevención de fracturas. (Inglés)
Umbrales de densidad mineral ósea para la intervención farmacológica en la prevención de fracturas. Ethel S. Siris, MD; Ya-Ting Chen, PhD; Thomas A. Abbott, PhD; Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD; Paul D. Miller, MD; Lois E. Wehren, MD; Marc L. Berger, MD Background Treatment intervention thresholds for prevention of osteoporotic fractures can be derived from reports from […]