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RESUMOObjetivo: Avaliar os resultados em longo prazo da osteotomia femoral distal de varização e procurar estabelecer critérios preditivos que possam auxiliar na seleção dos pacientes a serem submetidos a essa técnica. Métodos: Quinze pacientes portadores de osteoartrose do compartimento lateral e deformidade em valgo do joelho foram submetidos à osteotomia femoral distal de varização em "V" e fixação com placa-lâmina lateral, procurando-se alinhar o joelho a 0º no eixo anatômico. O seguimento médio foi de 81,4 meses, variando de 43 a 132 meses. Utilizou-se o protocolo da Knee Society Rating System. Foram consideradas ainda as variáveis: idade do paciente, tempo de seguimento e ângulo anatômico pós-operatórios. Resultados: Foram obtidos 11 resultados excelentes e bons (73%) e quatro regulares e ruins (27%). Conclusão: A osteotomia femoral distal de varização em "V" constitui boa opção para o tratamento de pacientes com osteoartrose do compartimento lateral e valgismo do joelho. Não se confirmaram as variáveis idade do paciente na data de cirurgia, tempo de seguimento e ângulo anatômico pós-operatórios como fatores preditivos dos resultados. Descritores

Objective: Assess the long-term results of distal femoral varusing osteotomy and try to establish predictive criteria that could help on selecting patients to be submitted to this technique. Methods: Fifteen patients with lateral compartment osteoarthritis and valgus deformity of the knee were submitted to distal femoral “V” varusing osteotomy fixated with lateral plate, pursuing knee alignment at 0° on the anatomical axis. The mean follow-up period was 81.4 months, ranging from 43 to 132 months. The Knee Society Rating System protocol was employed. Additional assessed variables were the following: patient age, follow-up time, and postoperative anatomical angle. Results: 11 results were regarded as excellent or good (73%) and four as fair or poor (27%). Conclusion: Distal femoral “V” varusing osteotomy constitutes a good treatment alternative for patients with lateral compartment osteoarthritis and valgus knee. The following variables have not been confirmed: patient age at the time of surgery, follow-up time, and postoperative anatomical angle as predictive factors for the results.

Objectiveto demonstrate a surgical technique for treating neck fractures of the fifth metacarpal, by means of reduction through intra-focal manipulation and percutaneous fixation using Kirschner wires, with the aims of making it easier to achieve and maintain the reduction during the operation and enabling reduction of these fractures even if a fibrous callus has formed.Methodsa series of ten patients with neck fractures of the fifth metacarpal presenting palmar angles greater than 30° underwent the surgical technique described, as examples, and their results were evaluated through postoperative radiographs and clinical examinations.Resultsall the patients achieved reductions that were close to anatomical and evolved to consolidation of the fracture in the position obtained.Conclusionthe surgical technique described is effective, easy to carry out, minimally invasive and low-cost, thereby enabling adequate clinical and radiographic reduction, even in subacute fractures already presenting a fibrous callus.

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