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Extra-abdominal desmoid tumor: local recurrence and treatment options
Luiz Eduardo Moreira Teixeira; Eugênio Costa Arantes; Rafael Freitas Villela; Claudio Beling Gonçalves Soares; Roberto Bitarães de Carvalho CostaObjective: To evaluate the rate of local recurrence of extra-abdominal desmoid tumor and compare the outcomes of surgical treatment and conservative treatment. Methods: Twenty one patients (14 women and seven men), mean age 33.0±8.7 years old, with a diagnosis of desmoid tumor were evaluated. The mean follow-up period was 58.5±29.0 months. Fourteen cases involved the lower limbs, four cases involved the upper l...
Pelvic rotation in femoroacetabular impingement is decreased compared to other ...
Daniel Camara Azevedo; Edson Barreto Paiva; Alexia Moura Abuhid Lopes; Henrique de Oliveira Santos; Ricardo Luiz Carneiro; André Soares RodriguesStudy Design Cross-sectional, case-control design. Background Pelvic movement has been considered a possible discriminating parameter associated with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) symptom onset. Decreased pelvic rotation has been found during squatting in people with FAI when compared to people with healthy hips. However, it is possible that changes in pelvic movement may occur in other hip conditions beca...
Influence of biomaterials on scintigraphic diagnosis of periprosthetic infectio...
Luiz Eduardo Moreira Teixeira; Bruno Jannotti Pádua; André Moreira Castilho; Ivana Duval de Araújo; Marco Antônio Percope de AndradePurpose: To compare the influence of two metallic implants in the diagnosis of periprosthetic infection using 99m technetium-labeled ceftizoxime. Methods: Twenty rats were randomly divided into four groups, which received sterile and contaminated titanium and stainless steel implants. After 3 weeks, scintilographic images were obtained using a gamma chamber. Radioactivity counts were obtained for the region of ...