Publications by authors named "Carolina Umeta Matsunaga"
Objective: The aim of this study is to purpose a novel approach to the concomitant triplanar and tibial shaft fracture.
Methods: Retrospective study between 2001 and 2019. We collected the patients' general information, clinical and radiographic data, and complications after the following three-step treatment: (1) fixation of the Salter-Harris II fracture of the triplane fracture, (2) fixation of the Salter-Harris II/IV fracture with cannulated screws, and (3) fixation of the tibial fracture with flexible titanium nails.
Objective: To report surgical techniques and results in the treatment of chronic Monteggia fracture-dislocation in children.
Methods: Six pediatric patients who had undergone a procedure involving the following 6 crucial surgical steps were retrospectively evaluated: 1- extended lateral approach, 2- fibrotic removal, 3-proximal ulnar osteotomy, 4- reduction of the radial head and transcapitellar temporary fixation, 5- ulnar fixation with a straight plate shaped according to the deformity generated by temporary fixation, and 6- transcapitellar Kirschner wire removal.
Results: Four patients were women, and four showed the right-sided compromise.