OBJECTIVE: To present nine patients with ankylosis in their knees that were submitted to a total arthroplasty to lessen their pain and improve their functional limitation. For these patients, arthrodesis remained a possibility in the event of arthroplasty failure. INTRODUCTION: Ankylosis of the knee is a severe functional limitation that becomes worse when pain is present. Arthrodesis of the knee is a classical indication for such patients, since it resolves the pain; however, the severe functional limitation remains. METHODS: In the present study, we evaluated the clinical course of nine patients who underwent total arthroplasty of the knee, and were followed up for at least five years. RESULTS: The results demonstrate that all of the patients experienced a significant reduction in pain and some improvement in the degree of knee flexion and extension. CONCLUSION: Based on the latest follow-up, there has been no need to perform arthrodesis for any of our patients, showing that a total arthroplasty could be a option for treatment in knee ankylosis
Due to its concern about the future of Brazilian scientific journals after new criteria were adopted by the QUALIS system of CAPES (Brazilian Federal Agency for the Improvement of Higher Education), the Brazilian Medical Association (Associação Médica Brasileira -AMB) has held several meetings at its headquarters in São Paulo to discuss this matter. Editors of the main Brazilian medical journals, directors of the Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors (Associação Brasileira de Editores Científicos -ABEC), and coordinators of the areas Medicine II and Medicine III of CAPES exchanged information and came out with proposals aimed at improving the evaluation process of Brazilian scientific journals by the new QUALIS system of CAPES. The classification of the scientific production according to the QUALIS system will
Os autores apresentam sete pacientes portadores de Sinovite Vilonodular Pigmentada Localizada (SVNPL) tratados através de ressecção artroscópica, entre o período de junho de 1994 e Outubro de 2001. À avaliação inicial, os sintomas variaram desde dor difusa, até um aumento do volume localizado, com ou sem bloqueio mecânico do movimento articular. A ressonância magnética auxiliou na localização das lesões e no controle pós-operatório. O diagnóstico foi confirmado pelo exame anatomo-patológico. Na última avaliação nenhum dos pacientes apresentou recidivas dos sintomas do pré-operatório, nem no exame por imagem com ressonância magnética. Apesar da casuística pequena, própria dessa afecção, os autores acreditam que a excisão artroscópica da SVNPL é um método eficaz, de baixa morbidade, proporciona remissão dos sintomas e com pouca possibilidade de recidivas.
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