Surgical Site Infection Risk Factors in Hip Arthroplasty for Transcervical Femoral Neck Fractures.

Background Hip fracture patients often experience surgical site infections (SSIs) as a major infectious complication after undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA), which can lead to extended hospital stays, increased mortality, and higher healthcare costs. This study aimed to determine the incidence of SSI and identify the risk factors associated with it after THA. Objective This study aimed to explore the correlation between blood transfusion along with other factors and the occurrence of SSIs in postoperative patients who underwent THA for transcervical femoral neck fractures.

Reproducibility of pop sensation, Thompson sign in achillotomy, and final Pirani score to predict clubfoot relapse: Achillotomy clinical signs and Pirani predictive ability.

Ultrasound (US) can guide and confirm percutaneous release of the achilles tendon in the clubfoot. However, this technique may not always be available; therefore, surgeons' reported feelings of tendon release ("click" or "pop") and the Thompson sign could demonstrate that they are sensitive and reliable for confirming complete tendon release. The purpose of this study was to compare the reproducibility of clinical maneuvers that aim to detect the reported "click" or "pop" sensation by the surgeon and the Thompson sign after surgical release in percutaneous achilles tenotomy compare with US in patients with clubfoot.

Easy and Safe Clamping of the Internal Jugular Vein and Internal Carotid Artery for End-to-Side Anastomosis in the Vessel-Depleted Neck.

Background: Damage to the vascular system resulting from radiotherapy and previous surgeries in patients with recurrent neck tumors has a negative impact on secondary reconstructions. In this study, we describe a simple method for occlusion of the great vessels of the neck in patients with difficult access to recipient vessels for anastomosis.

Methods: A 1 or 0 gauge silk ligature is placed at a circumference of 540 degrees around the vessel, holding the base of the suture with a fine hemostatic clamp exerting sufficient pressure to stop the blood flow in the vessel (internal carotid artery or internal jugular vein), to prepare the end-to-side anastomosis to the flap.

Vertebral coccidioidomycosis with mechanical instability treated solely with antifungals: A case report.

Surgical treatment of vertebral coccidioidomycosis presents a challenge, with an unpredictable course and uncertain results. We present a 52-year-old man with disseminated infection due to coccidioidomycosis in the thoracolumbar spine, with vertebral instability, and deferral surgical treatment due to SARS-CoV-2 contingency. Treatment with itraconazole was initiated, followed by liposomal amphotericin B and fluconazole due to a relapse.

Protective effect of nitroglycerin ointment and dimethyl sulfoxide on necrosis of skin flaps in rats.

Objective: To compare the protective effect of nitroglycerin ointment 2% and Dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) in dorsal flaps of the rat.

Methods: A blind, experimental study was conducted in 24 male Wistar rats, with a mean weight of 320 (286-376) grams. Group 1: Control.

Closed reduction evaluation in dysplastic hip with the Ömeroğlu system in children aged 24 to 36 months.

Closed reduction (CR) as an initial treatment for developmental hip dysplasia of the hip (DDH) in children aged 24 to 36 months is debatable; however, it could have better results than open reduction (OR) or osteotomies, because it is minimally invasive. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the radiological results in children (24-36 months) with DDH initially treated with CR. Initial, subsequent, final anteroposterior pelvic radiological records were retrospectively analyzed.

Postaxial hypoplasia of the lower extremity associated with congenital dislocation of the patella: A case report.

Rationale: Evaluation of clinical and radiologic abnormalities in patients with postaxial hypoplasia of the lower extremity (PHLE) for treatment decisions represents a major challenge, which is more complicated when PHLE is associated with congenital dislocation of the patella.

Patient Concerns: : Herein, we present the case of an 8-year-old female patient with evident length inequality in her left lower extremity and inability to walk.

Diagnoses: Radiological evaluation revealed PHLE with fibular hemimelia, proximal femoral focal deficiency, tarsal coalition, and congenital patellar dislocation of the patella.

Survival at 30 days in elderly patients with hip fracture surgery who were exposed to hypothermia: Survival study.

The effect of hypothermia as a mortality risk factor at 30 days in the elderly who had hip fracture (HF) surgery is still controversial because it may be due to a set of poorly identified factors. In this study, we aim to determine if exposure to intra and immediate postoperative hypothermia increases the incidence of mortality at 30 days in elderly patients who had HF surgery.Survival study in the elderly who had HF surgery with and without exposure to hypothermia.

Obesity, depression and factors associated to the quality of life in total knee arthroplasty.

Background: Knee osteoarthritis can be accompanied by depression and obesity, which could affect the quality of life (QOL) and function after a total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Objective: To compare the QOL in subjects with depression and obesity 5 years after TKA.

Methods: Cross-sectional study of prospectively collected data, with two and three groups based on depression and obesity status.

Work, sport activities and factors associated with medial meniscal tears in nonathletic subjects.

Background: It is known that late surgical reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is associated with a medial meniscal (MM) tears. However, the association between factors relating to sports and work activities and joint instability, has not been examined in non-athletic subjects.

Objective: To compare sports and work activities and other factors associated with MM tears, in subjects with ACL rupture.

Depression and geriatric assessment in older people admitted for hip fracture.

Background: Depression is common among older people with hip fracture.

Aim: To assess depression scores and other mental and physical health variables in older people with and without depression, admitted to a traumatology ward for a hip fracture.

Material And Methods: Cross sectional study of older patients admitted for surgical treatment of hip fracture.

Síndrome metabólico y otros factores asociados a gonartrosis.

Objective: To evaluate whether an association exists between gonarthrosis and metabolic syndrome X (MS) as well as other potential risk factors.

Method: Comparative cross-sectional study of 310 patients evaluated by pathology of knee grouped in patients with gonarthrosis and without it. Sociodemographic, anthropometric and laboratory data was obtained.

[Clinico-epidemiological and therapeutic aspects of patients with hip fracture].

Background: The purpose of this study is to characterize the clinico-epidemiologic variables of patients with hip fracture and assess the presence of complications, whether dependent or independent of performing surgery within 48 hours of the fracture.

Methods: A descriptive applied cross-sectional study of patients who underwent hip surgery was performed. Five hundred patients were included; females were predominant as they accounted for 68% (339); mean age was 75.