ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate, compare and identify the surgical technique with best results for treating intra-articular calcaneal fractures, taking into account postoperative outcomes, complications and scoring in the Aofas questionnaire. METHODS: This was a retrospective study on 54 patients with fractures of the calcaneus who underwent surgery between 2002 and 2012 by means of the following techniques: (1...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To analyze and evaluate functional and clinical results in patients with congenital clubfoot treated with Ponseti's technique. METHODS: This study evaluated 31 patients diagnosed with 51 congenital clubfeet, treated between April 2006 and September 2011 with Ponseti's technique. The patients who did not achieve an equinus correction with manipulation were treated with Achilles tenotomy. An ...
resumo Objetivo: Analisar a reprodutibilidade das classificações AO e de Tronzo para fraturas transtrocanterianas. Método: Estudo transversal que analisou a concordância entre duas leituras feitas por 11 observadores, intraobservadores e interobservadores. A análise das variações usou o método estatístico Kappa. Resultados: Verificou-se concordância moderada para a classificação AO enquanto a classificação Tron...
OBJECTIVE: To provide data for the analysis of arthroscopy as a method of surgical treatment for shoulder and discuss its actual indications and preliminary results. METHODS: We evaluated 15 patients submitted to reverse Bankart arthroscopic surgery. We used the UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) score to measure the results before surgery and 12 months thereafter. RESULTS: The average UCLA score ch...
Objective:To demonstrate the results obtained from foot and ankle tendon reconstructions using the tendon of the semitendinosus muscle. The clinical results, the patient's degree of satisfaction and complications in the graft donor and recipient areas were evaluated.Methods:This was a retrospective study in which the medical files of 38 patients who underwent this surgical procedure between 2006 and 2010 were s...
OBJECTIVE: Epidemiological survey of motorcycle accidents occurring in a city with over one million inhabitants and treated at university hospital of reference between the months of July and November 2010. METHODS: Cross sectional study using structured interview (standardized form) to document the data collection: age, gender, income, using time and capacity of the motorcycle. RESULTS: From 114 cases, it was o...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar o resultado funcional de pacientes com lesão do bíceps distal, operados pela técnica da minidupla via de Mayo, com seguimento mínimo de seis meses pós-cirurgia através de dinamometria digital isocinética, goniometria e escores subjetivos a fim de estabelecer padrões objetivos e subjetivos de melhora e discutir a efetividade do procedimento. MÉTODOS: Foram avaliados nove pacientes submetidos à ...
OBJETIVO: Identificar, a partir de revisão sistematizada da literatura, estudos clínicos com nível de evidência 1 comparando substitutos ósseos ao enxerto autólogo. MÉTODOS: Realizada busca eletrônica de artigos que comparassem o uso do enxerto ósseo autólogo a um substituto ósseo em cirurgia ortopédica. Foram considerados como critérios de elegibilidade ensaios clínicos prospectivos e randomizados em cirurgia ...