Publications by authors named "Guisela Quinteros"
Objective: To identify delays for surgery to stabilize subaxial cervical fractures and the main reasons for them across Latin America.
Methods: This is a retrospective multicenter cohort study of patients surgically treated for subaxial cervical fractures from 13 spine centers across Latin America from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2023. Causes of delay to surgery beyond 24 hours were documented.
Introduction: Classifications are helpful for surgeons as they can be a resource for decision-making, often providing the individual indicators that may deem a case necessary for surgery. However, when there are multiple classifications, the decision-making might be compromised. That is the case with C2 fractures.
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- The study aimed to assess the experiences and challenges faced by AO Spine Fellows in Latin America, particularly those in their first three years of practice.
- A survey was conducted among recent AO Spine Associate Fellows, revealing that Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia have the highest participation, with most respondents being orthopedists aged 36-45.
- Findings indicate that while junior fellows feel confident in treating degenerative spine conditions and prefer the standard posterior technique, there is increasing interest in endoscopic and minimally invasive methods, highlighting areas for potential improvement in the fellowship program.
Objectives: To perform an interobserver and intraobserver agreement evaluation of the new AO Spine-DGOU classification system for osteoporotic thoracolumbar fractures (OFc).
Methods: Complete imaging studies of 97 patients (radiographs, computed tomography scans, and magnetic resonance imaging) with osteoporotic thoracolumbar fractures were selected and classified using the OFc by 6 spine surgeons (3 senior surgeons with more than 15 years of experience and 3 surgeons with less than 15 years). After a 4-week interval, the same cases were presented to the same evaluators in a random sequence for a new classification assessment.
Background: Lumbar disc herniation (LDH)/radiculopathy is the most frequent cause of lost workdays in people under 50 years of age. Although there is consensus about how to assess these patients, the optimal management strategy is still debated.
Methods: An online survey was sent to spine surgeons who are members of the Iberian-Latin American Spine Society to assess how they treat LDH with radiculopathy.
Background: Cervical spine fractures are potentially catastrophic injuries in rugby players. Here, we reviewed seven patients who sustained rugby-related cervical spine fractures. Notably, three of seven fractures were missed on initial X-rays, but were ultimately documented on CT studies obtained an average of 10 days later.
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