%0 Journal Article
%T Resultados de la artroplastia de interposici¨®n tendinosa en la seudoartrosis del escafoides carpiano
%A S¨¢nchez P¨¦rez
%A Yosvani
%A M¨¦ndez C¨¢rdenas
%A Ignacio
%J Revista Archivo M£¿£¿dico de Camag£¿£¿ey
%D 2012
%I Centro Provincial de Informaci¨®n de Ciencias M¨¦dicas de Camag¨¹ey
%X background: although there are many surgical procedures to treat carpal scaphoid pseudoarthrosis, none reports satisfactory results; what is a challenge for the surgeon. objective: to evaluate the results of tendinous interposition arthroplasty in carpal scaphoid pseudoarthrosis. method: a prospective and descriptive study in patients with the said affection was conducted, treated at dr. octavio de la concepci¨®n y de la pedraja university military hospital in camag¨¹ey from november 2003 to october 2010. the universe was constituted by 34 patients, non probabilistic sampling composed of 28 patients. the study variables were: age, sex, postoperative rehabilitation time and more frequent complications. results: the age group from 35 to 44 years with a 42,8 % prevailed; male sex was the most affected to a 78,5 %; postoperative rehabilitation time occurred from 4 to 12 weeks for a 64,2 %; and results of arthroplasty were excellent and good in a 78,7 % of the total of patients operated. conclusions: tendinous interposition arthroplasty is an option in the treatment of carpal scaphoid pseudoarthrosis.
%K arthroplasty
%K replacement [rehabilitation]
%K pseudarthrosis
%K scaphoid bone
%K epidemiology
%K descriptive
%K adult.
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