[Spinal tuberculosis: experience in a third level medical facility in Puebla, Mexico].

Background: Pott's disease or spinal tuberculosis (STB) is a serious infectious disease, caused by the migration of the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the spine. Knowing this disease is a priority for all the physicians. The objective was to show the experience in patients with STB treated in a third level hospital in Puebla, Mexico.

[Five-year survival analysis in patients with penile cancer].

Background: Short-term survival of penile cancer is poor. The objective was to describe the 5-years penile cancer survival.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study.

[Management of ureteric colic with ketorolac and nifedipin vs. ketorolac and tamsulosin in the emergency room].

Background: Ureteric colic is the most common symptom of lithiasis. It is caused by the presence of stones accumulated in the renal papillae. These stones often migrate down the ureter, causing a ureteric colic, characterized by a severe pain in the lumbar region.

[Chronic appendicitis due to multiple fecaliths. A case report].

Background: The appendix inflammatory process is the most common cause of chronic abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant. The frequency of appendiceal lumen obstruction by fecalith ranges from 10 to 20%; few cases of obstruction by multiple fecaliths had been reported.

Clinical Case: Sixty-nine years old male, diabetic and hypertensive in control, he underwent bowel resection 30 years previously.

[Evaluation of patients with humeral midshaft fractures treated with DCP plate vs. intramedullary nail UHN].

Background: Humeral midshaft fractures should be surgically managed, so the knowledge of functionality, bone healing and pain of these treatments is required to obtain the expected results. The aim of this paper is to compare the results of patients with humeral midshaft fracture operated with intramedullary nails UHN vs. DCP plate.

[Functional and radiological evaluation of patients with midshaft clavicle fracture surgically treated].

Background: Functional and radiographic evaluation at midshaft clavicle fractures is better with surgical than conservative management. The aim of this paper is to describe the functional and radiological evaluation of patients with midshaft clavicle fracture surgery at the Hospital de Traumatología y Ortopedia of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.

Methods: Descriptive studies, conducted during the period June 2014 to June 2015, patients undergoing surgical treatment for midshaft clavicle fracture were included.