Foram analisados 30 pacientes, cuja idade variou de 70 a 95 anos, sendo 24 (80%) do sexo feminino e seis (20%) do masculino, que sofreram fratura do colo do fêmur e foram operados de artroplastia parcial do quadril entre 2001 e 2003, nos seguintes hospitais: Hospital Ipiranga SUS-SP e Hospital Estadual Mário Covas de Santo André-SP. A artroplastia parcial foi realizada nas fraturas do colo de fêmur instáveis Garden III e Garden IV, sendo utilizada a prótese parcial de Thompson cimentada. Foi aplicado o questionário de qualidade de vida SF-36. Os pacientes foram entrevistados no décimo primeiro mês de pós- operatório, com o objetivo de avaliar a qualidade de vida de pacientes idosos que sofreram fratura do colo do fêmur, tratados cirurgicamente com prótese parcial do quadril. Com relação à saúde física, os pacientes apresentaram baixa pontuação na capacidade funcional e alta nos quesitos referentes aos aspectos físicos, dor e estado geral de saúde. A saúde mental foi moderada quanto à vitalidade e alta nos aspectos sociais, emocionais e na saúde mental propriamente dita. Podemos concluir que a artroplastia parcial de Thompson, pós-fratura do colo do fêmur, em pacientes acima de 80 anos, analisados no período pós-operatório de 11 meses, permite uma boa qualidade de vida.

ObjectiveTo compare the outcomes of patients with stage II SNAC submitted to surgical treatment by proximal row carpectomy (PRC) or four-corner fusion (FCF).MethodTwenty-seven patients aged 18–59 years (mean 37.52 years) were included. Thirteen patients underwent PRC in Group A, and 14 underwent FCF of the wrist in Group B. Evaluations were made before and after surgery with follow-up between 45 and 73 months. Range of motion (ROM); pain assessment with a visual analog scale (VAS); grip strength; disability of the arm, shoulder, and hand (DASH); and return to work were evaluated.ResultsGroup A patients had 68.5% and Group B patients, 58.01% of the ROM of the contralateral side. The VAS score was 2.3 in Group A and 2.9 in Group B. Grip strength was 78.67% and 65.42%, respectively, relative to the side not affected. The DASH score was 11 for PRC and 13 for FCF. In Group A, 9/13 (69.23%) and in Group B, 8/14 (57.14%) patients are currently working. Complications were symptomatic osteoarthritis in the mid-carpal joint in Group A and loosening of a screw in Group B.ConclusionThe clinical and functional results do not present statistically significant differences for both analyzed methods.

The authors present the prospective clinical outcome of nine pseudoarthroses resulting from surgical treatment carried out in nine children, whose ages varied from 6 years and 2 months to 14 years and 2 months (mean 10 years and 2 months), who had fractures of the femoral neck. Five were classified as type II, according to the Delbet classification modified by Colonna, and four were type III. The initial fractures were caused by highenergy traumas, such as trampling, bicycle falls, and car accidents. Treatment of choice was valgus osteotomy of the femoral neck associated or not with insertion of bony graft. The mean time of follow-up was 38 months, ranging from 23 to 71 months, and the mean time of pseudoarthrosis consolidation after osteotomy was 76.6 days, varying from 45 to 240 days. In this study, all the pseudoarthroses consolidated. For final analysis of clinical and radiographic results, the Ratliff's classification was used. We obtained three cases as good results, five as fair and one as poor. The authors concluded that valgus osteotomy is a good option for treatment of pseudoarthrosis in the femoral neck fractures in children.

OBJECTIVE: To compare different radiographic methods of spine evaluation to estimate the reducibility and flexibility of the scoliosis curves. METHODS: Twenty one patients with Lenke types I and III adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) were included. Radiographic evaluations were made preoperatively on the orthostatic, supine decubitus with lateral inclination to the right and left and supine positions with manual reduction, with support in the apex of each curve on the X-ray table. On the day of surgery, when the patient was anesthetized, radiography was taken with longitudinal traction through divergent forces, holding under the arms and ankles, and with translational force at the apex of the deformity for curve correction. After one week, a post-operative radiography was performed in orthostatic position. RESULTS: The correction and flexibility of the main thoracic and thoracic/lumbar curves were statistically different between the supine radiographs, manual reduction, modified traction under general anesthesia, lateral inclination and postoperatively. The modified maneuver for traction under general anesthesia is the one which showed greater flexibility, besides presenting higher radiographic similarity to postoperative aspects. CONCLUSION: Among the radiographic modalities evaluated the study under anesthesia with traction and reduction showed better correlation with postoperative radiographic appearance. Level of Evidence IV, Case Series.

Eighty knees of 40 musculoskeletally normal infants whose age ranged from 0 to 24 months (average 9.65 months) were ultrasonographically analyzed. The lengths of the patella, patellar ligament - and the Insall-Salvati index, knee being flexed at 30 degrees , were assessed. The angles of the femoral cartilaginous sulcus knee flexed at 0, 30, 60, and 90 degrees were also defined. Patellar length varied from 1.84 to 2.02 cm (mean, 93.3 cm; standard deviation, 0.35); patellar ligament length varied from 1.67 to 1.86 (mean, 1.76 cm; standard deviation, 0.25); the Insall-Salvati index varied from 1.04 to 1.13, (mean, 1.09; standard deviation, 0.14); and femoral cartilaginous sulcus angle ranged from 148.7 to 149.3 degrees (average, 148.9 degrees and standard deviation, 6.20). Statistical tests showed no significant difference in the proposed measures according to sex and side (right/left). Moreover, we did not observe significant difference in the femoral cartilaginous sulcus angle with respect to the various degrees of knee flexion. Thus, we conclude that ultrasonography is useful for determining the normal values of the Insall-Salvati index and femoral cartilaginous sulcus angle in infants from 0 to 24 months. Then, we suggest standardization of this imaging procedure for the early diagnosis of deformities, which might impair the knee in infants within this range of age.