Abstract Objective To compare the imaging findings of anatomical alterations using multi-slice computed tomographic arthrography in the evaluation of rotator cuff tears in the shoulder, correlating them with the arthroscopy (the gold standard diagnostic test) findings. Materials and Methods A longitudi...
Abstract A review involving the six major international orthopedic journals has been published recently. It described the tools used for the evaluation of outcomes in the surgical treatment of recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder. There are no studies that exhibit the main outcome tools for thi...
Abstract Superior capsular reconstruction is a recently described procedure for the treatment of irreparable supraspinatus tendon tears. Graft options that have been previously described include autogenous fascia lata and decellularized dermal graft. No studies were published with the use of fascia lata ...
SUMMARY: The suprascapular artery (SSA) has been identified to be of clinical relevance to clavicular fracture, suprascapular neuropathy and surgical intervention of shoulder. Thus its origin and course have been intensively studied. In this case, we found a unilateral variation of the suprascapular arte...
Resumen: Introducción: Las fracturas escapulares comprenden 1% del total de las fracturas en general y de 3 a 5% del hombro, las cuales se presentan por alta energía en pacientes jóvenes. Sólo 10% tiene indicación quirúrgica al tomarse como base la alteración de complejo suspensorio del hombro. ...
ABSTRACT Background: Many causes can lead to shoulder pain and subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS) is the most frequently recorded disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical effects of diminutive incision acromioplasty assisted with arthroscopy for the treatment of Chinese patients...
Resumen: Introducción: Las luxaciones anteriores de hombro ocurren en > 90% de las inestabilidades de hombro, la principal causa es traumática, describiéndose dos principales lesiones en esta patología: la lesión de Bankart y la de Hill-Sachs, existiendo una tasa de recurrencia similar en la re...
Resumen: La lesión del nervio axilar (o circunflejo) aislada es poco frecuente, ésta suele presentarse asociada a una lesión del plexo braquial. En nuestra institución, en un período comprendido entre los años 2015-2017, se ha observado una frecuencia de sólo 0.4% de esta lesión. Con el presente ...
Abstract Objective To evaluate the mechanical properties of sutures commonly used in orthopedic surgeries, characterizing their behavior through tensile tests and determining which one has greater mechanical strength. Method Tensile tests of different sutures were performed in a mechanical testing ma...
Abstract Objective This study aims to report the clinical features of pediatric patients diagnosed with subscapular osteochondroma submitted to surgical treatment at Hospital Infantil Joana de Gusmão (HIJG), in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, between 2003 and 2017. Methods Analytical, descri...
