Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

Introducción: Las fracturas de radio distal en pacientes mayores son un indicador de osteoporosis. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de la osteoporosis en pacientes con fractura de radio distal, operados en nuestra institución, entre 2012 y 2014.Materiales y Métodos: Los datos se obtuvieron de entrevistas telefónicas a 41 pacientes mayores, operados por fracturas de radio distal. Las variables evaluadas fueron: sexo, edad, enfermedades asociadas, tabaquismo, fracturas previas, tratamiento antiosteoporótico previo o posterior a la fractura en cuestión, especialidad del médico que solicitó el tratamiento y realización o no de densitometría mineral ósea.Resultados: La muestra incluyó a 41 pacientes (32 mujeres). Veintiséis contaban con una densitometría antes de la fractura (15 con osteoporosis), 11 habían sufrido una fractura por osteoporosis, y sólo 7 recibían tratamiento antiosteoporótico cuando ocurrió la fractura. Luego de la cirugía, solo 4 de ellos continuó con el tratamiento. Se encontró cierta asociación entre una densitometría patológica y la presencia de diabetes tipo 2, no así con otras comorbilidades. La tasa de incidencia anual de osteoporosis, calculada entre todos los pacientes que se atendieron en nuestra institución, en 2014, fue alrededor del 1%. Los traumatólogos solicitaron el 1,5% de todas las densitometrías prescritas dicho año.Conclusiones: Este estudio sugiere que los traumatólogos que se desempeñan en nuestra institución tienen nula o poca participación en la prevención secundaria de la osteoporosis; por esta razón, se consideraría necesario un protocolo de prevención de fracturas secundarias a la osteoporosis. Abstract  Introduction: Distal radius fractures in elderly patients are an indicator of osteoporosis. The aim of this study was to determine osteoporosis diagnosis and treatment in patients with distal radius fractures treated surgically at our institution between 2012 and 2014.Methods:Information of 41 patients who had surgical intervention for distal radius fracture was obtained through telephones interviews. Several variables evaluated: age, sex, smoking, associated pathologies, previous fractures, preoperative and postoperative anti-osteoporotic treatments, specialty of the physicians that indicated antiosteoporotic treatment, and bone mineral density (BMD) studies performed.Results: The study included 41 patients (32 female).Twenty-six had a BMD performed before the fracture (15 evidenced osteoporosis), 11 had had previous fractures secondary to osteoporosis. Only 7patients were under anti-osteoporotic treatment to the moment of the fracture. After surgery, only 4 of the patients continued with the treatment. Pathological BMD had certain degree of associationwith the presence of Diabetes (type 2), but not with other comorbidities. The annual incidence rate of osteoporosis, calculated using all patients attended at our institution in 2014, was about 1%. Orthopedic surgeons indicated only 1.5% of the total number of BMDs prescribed that year.Conclusion: Our study suggests that there is poor prevention by orthopedic surgeons of secondary osteoporotic fractures, which is why a national prevention protocol for fractures secondary to osteoporosis would be considered necessary.

Se presenta la discusion sobre ligamentoplastia, tecnica y metodos de imagen para valorarla.

AbstractAcupuncture originated in China approximately 2000 years ago and is a growing modality of treatment worldwide sought by patients for a variety of conditions including lumbar pain. We report a case of a 74 years old man who had received acupuncture to treat lower back pain, who subsequently presented an increased in his pain; an infection was diagnosed, and treated. Despite acupuncture can be considered inherently safe in the hands of well-trained practitioners, we found different reports of complications in worldwide literature; most of them minor, and usually as a result of inappropriate technique. The popularity of this alternative treatments, has made organizations, such as World Health Organization (WHO), create guidelines to reassure its safety. The knowledge of the possible complications, allow the early diagnosis and treatment. The case is discussed, and pertinent review of literature is included.

Se presenta el caso e imagenes de una paciente del sexo femenino de 26 años cuyo signo cardinal fue el engrosamiento de ambos tendones de Aquiles. Refiere haber comenzado aproximadamente a los 14 años con dolor y tumefacción de ambos tobillos que ella recuerda como de presentación aguda. Además, aparecieron -o incrementaron su tamaño- otros nódulos en manos y codos. We discuss the case and the radiological findings of a 26-year-old woman whose chief complaint was thickening of both Achilles tendons. She reports that the pain and swelling in both ankles suddenly started when she was about 14 years old. The patient also presents with new, or enlarged, nodules in the hands and elbows.

Se discute las imagenes en una enfermedad poco frecuente,Xantomatosis cerebrotendinosa, y sus implicancias clinicas. We discuss the radiological findings and the clinical significance of cerebrotendinous xhantomathosis, a rare genetic metabolic disorder.