S-Adenosil Metionina / Colecoxib en tratamiento de osteoartristis rodilla.
La S-Adenosil Metionina puede ser más eficaz que el colecoxib en el tratamiento de la osteoartritis de rodilla aunque inicialmente su acción es más lenta. Kathleen A. Wildasin, MA The dietary supplement S-adenosyl methionine (SAMe) has a «slower onset of action» than does the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor celecoxib, but the 2 treatments are equally efficacious […]
Destino de pacientes que no acuden al seguimiento en artroplastia. (Inglés)
Destino de pacientes que no acuden al seguimiento cinco años después de artroplastia total de rodilla. King PJ, Malin AS, Scott RD, Thornhill TS. Anne Arundel Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2003 Medical Parkway, Suite 400, Annapolis, MD 21401. E-mail address: pjking10@msn.com. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115 BACKGROUND: Patients […]
Evaluación artroscópica de cartílago articular posterior a reconstrucción.(In.)
La evaluación artroscópica del cartílago articular después de la reconstrucción del ligamento anterior cruzado: Un estudio prospectivo a corto plazo en 105 pacientes. Asano H, Muneta T, Ikeda H, Yagishita K, Kurihara Y, Sekiya I. Department of Orthopedics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. h-asano@mtg.biglobe.ne.jp PURPOSE: Several reports have shown the progression of degenerative […]
Methotrexate intra-articular en la sinovitis de rodilla. (Inglés)
Hasso N, Maddison PJ, Breslin A. Department of Rheumatology, Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, Wales, UK. OBJECTIVE: To test whether methotrexate prolongs the effect of intra-articular corticosteroid in suppressing knee synovitis. METHODS: Thirty-eight patients with chronic knee synovitis were randomly allocated to receive intra-articular triamcinolone hexacetonide with or without methotrexate. Variables were knee pain and swelling, assessor […]
Aproximación no quirúrgica en el manejo del dolor en la osteoartritis de rodilla
Moskowitz RW, Kelly MA, Lewallen DG, Vangsness CT Jr. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The effective management of pain in osteoarthritis of the knee is complex and subject to many treatment- and patient-related variables. This article reviews the broad range of nonsurgical options available to the clinician, which include […]
Artroscopia sinovectomía total para sinovits pigmentada villonodular de rodilla
Kramer, Dennis E. MD; Frassica, Frank J. MD; Cosgarea, Andrew J. MD Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Address correspondence and reprint ABSTRACT Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee is a rare and benign disease of synovial proliferation. It commonly occurs in 2 growth patterns: localized nodular and diffuse villous. Presenting clinically […]
Tratamiento quirúrgico de la tendinosis rotular recalcitrante. (Inglés)
Kaeding, Christopher C. MD The Ohio State University Department of Orthopaedics Columbus, OH ABSTRACT Patella tendinosis typically occurs at the inferior pole of the patella at the bone-tendon junction. Tendinosis is an overuse injury with recalcitrant symptoms of pain with tendon loading. These intratendinous lesions are not inflammatory but degenerative in nature and appear to […]
La técnica de Rebar para la revisión del componente rotular dañado. (Inglés)
Fisher, David A. MD Orthopaedics Indianapolis, Inc. Indianapolis, IN ABSTRACT Revision of a failed patellar implant can be a challenging surgical procedure. The majority of revision total knee procedures can be handled with implant retention or straightforward revision. However, many revisions present significant patellar bone loss. The author has developed a new technique for resurfacing […]
Reparación exterior de menisco. (Inglés)
Wolf, Brian R. MD; Cohen, David B. MD; Rodeo, Scott A. MD Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY ABSTRACT The majority of meniscal tears that are amenable to repair can be addressed using the outside-in technique of suture repair. The outside-in technique was developed to decrease the morbidity and complications of meniscal repair seen […]
Mecanismos del fracaso de rodilla después de artroplastia total de rodilla.
Austin, Matthew S. MD; Sharkey, Peter F. MD; Hozack, William J. MD; Rothman, Richard H. MD, PhD Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA ABSTRACT Total knee arthroplasty is a highly successful procedure, with the percentage of patients requiring revision relatively small. However, when considering the large number of these procedures performed annually, this small percentage […]