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.

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.

Microsurgical reconstruction in limb salvage due to a giant cell tumor of the distal radius. Case report.

The giant cell tumor of bone is one of the most controversial neoplasms due to growth patterns that may present. The case reported shows a very aggressive tumor in a classic location, but key to hand function. Rather than treat with radical surgery, was planned and performed a wide resection with an ulnar-carpus arthrodesis and microsurgical reconstruction of the defect throught an anterolateral thigh flap.

Validation of the FRAIL scale in Mexican elderly: results from the Mexican Health and Aging Study.

Background: The aging population in Latin America is characterized by not optimal conditions for good health, experiencing high burden of comorbidity, which contribute to increase the frequency of frailty; thus, identification should be a priority, to classify patients at high risk to develop its negative consequences.

Aim: The objective of this analysis was to validate the FRAIL instrument to measure frailty in Mexican elderly population, from the database of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS).

Materials And Methods: Prospective, population study in Mexico, that included subjects of 60 years and older who were evaluated for the variables of frailty during the year 2001 (first wave of the study).