Publications by authors named "O Medina-Pontaza"

Introduction: The education process is understood as an activity focused on developing competencies through the use of educational tools and strategies that can be evaluated. The training of the residents in traumatology and orthopedics requires you to acquire knowledge and develop skills that will affect the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of the patient. Therefore, what will be the evaluation of the educational intervention on the theoretical and practical knowledge in this group of physicians on the technique of taking, measuring and preparation of hamstring graft for the reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament?

Material Y Methods: A prospective, quasi-experimental study was conducted to evaluate the impact of educational intervention in 23 Traumatology and orthopaedic residents on the use of hamstring in the anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction through theoretical sessions and Practice on cadaverous knees with preand post-intervention evaluations.

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  • Pathology related to the rotator cuff is a common issue, prompting a need for effective imaging studies like MRI and ultrasound to evaluate diagnostic performance.
  • * The study aimed to validate a clinical-radiographic model to identify complete ruptures of the rotator cuff, assessing 13 different predictive variables in 55 patients with shoulder pain.
  • * Results showed that 42 out of 55 patients had complete ruptures, with eight key variables providing a high diagnostic accuracy (0.88 AUC) for detecting supraspinatus tendon ruptures.
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