Abstract Brachial triceps tendon ruptures account for less than 1% of all upper limbs tendinous ruptures. Partial ruptures are underdiagnosed, and a partial rupture may become a total lesion. Complete ruptures usually require surgical treatment; however, there is no well-defined conduct for partial ruptu...
Abstract Objectives The present study aims to analyze the mechanical and histopathological aspects of flexor tendon healing focusing on the suture placement site in a vascular or in an avascular region. Methods A total of 83 rabbits were submitted to a Kessler-type central suture in the vascularized ...
Tendon rupture is a very frequent accident involving average people and high-performance athletes. Clinical studies describe tendon recovery as a painful and slow process involving different biochemical and histological events. Ascorbic acid (AA) is a potent antioxidant as well as an important cofactor f...
Tendón Calcáneo/efectos de los fármacos,
Tendón Calcáneo/lesiones,
Tendón Calcáneo/patología,
Ácido Ascórbico/administración & dosificación,
Colágeno/efectos de los fármacos,
Colágeno/fisiología,
Modelos Animales de Enfermedad,
Ratas Wistar,
Recuperación de la Función/efectos de los fármacos,
Traumatismos de los Tendones/cirugía,
Tenotomía,
Cicatrización de Heridas/efectos de los fármacos
La rotura bilateral y simultánea del tendón cuadricipital es una lesión rara con pocos reportes en la literatura, que suele ocurrir en mayores de 50 años con enfermedades sistémicas crónicas subyacentes. Presentamos el caso de un paciente masculino sano de 32 años con rotura bilateral de tendón c...
A lesão fechada simultânea por avulsão do tendão flexor profundo
e do tendão flexor superficial dos dedos é rara, tendo
sido relatados somente nove casos na literatura desde 1984.
Foram descritas diversas técnicas para o reparo cirúrgico da
lesão dos tendões flexores, todavia, sem um consen...
Resumen: Introducción: Descrita por primera vez en 1822, siendo el tratamiento en agudo el de preferencia, ya que el tardío resulta en procedimientos más complejos por la presencia de fibrosis y retracción muscular. Material y métodos: Reporte de 19 casos con lesión posterior a actividad físic...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: This study was designed to define the accuracy of shoulder ultrasonography for diagnosing supraspinatus tendon tears. This examination is routinely used by orthopedists and may do away with the need for other examinations for diagnosing these tendon injuries. The aim of this study ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To measure the reliability of Albertoni's classification for mallet finger. Methods: Agreement study. Forty-three radiographs of patients with mallet finger were assessed by 19 responders (12 hand surgeons and seven residents). Injuries were classified by Albertoni's classificatio...
Introducción: Durante la práctica deportiva se realizan movimientos explosivos de gran intensidad, uno de los gestos más frecuentes en el fútbol es el remate. En ese momento se efectúan movimientos excéntricos/concéntricos entre grupos agonistas (cuádriceps) y antagonistas (isquiotibiales) pudien...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Bilateral extensor tendon ruptures of the knee are rare and have only been published in the form of case reports or small series. METHODS: Seven patients corresponding to 14 extensor tendon ruptures of the knee were evaluated by the same examiner after a minimum one year post-surg...
