Trauma maxilofacial en el Servicio de Urgencias del Hospital Universitario "General Calixto García". 2016-2017 / Maxillofacial Trauma in the Emergency Service of General Calixto García University Hospital. 2016-2017

Introducción: La región maxilofacial es vulnerable a lesiones. En Cuba son escasos los estudios realizados sobre la atención en la urgencia dentro de la traumatología maxilofacial, por lo que surgió la motivación para realizar esta investigación. Objetivo: Caracterizar desde el punto de vista clínico-epidemiológico el trauma maxilofacial en el Servicio de Urgencias del Hospital General Calixto García en el período de junio 2016 a junio 2017. Material y Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal del universo de pacientes (2412 pacientes) atendidos en el Servicio de Urgencias del Hospital Universitario General Calixto García, desde junio del 2016 a junio del 2017; que tuvieron como diagnóstico trauma maxilofacial. Las variables empleadas fueron: grupos de edad, sexo, factor etiológico, tipo de lesión, conducta terapéutica. Resultados: En el estudio los pacientes con edades comprendidas entre 19 y 30 años representaron 41,0 por ciento; el sexo masculino 69,0 por ciento y los accidentes de tránsito 34,6 por ciento. Las lesiones de tejido duro más frecuentes fueron las fracturas nasales (13,9 por ciento); y de tejidos blandos las heridas puramente tegumentarias (82,1 por ciento). La colocación de vendajes se utilizó en 89,1 por ciento, y la sutura de heridas en 84,1 por ciento. Conclusiones: El comportamiento del trauma maxilofacial en el Servicio de Urgencias del Hospital Universitario General Calixto García, muestra que es predominante en hombres de edad intermedia y debido a accidentes de tránsito. Hay superioridad de lesiones de tejido blando y dentro de estas, de heridas puramente tegumentarias. La conducta conservadora, en su modalidad de colocación de vendaje, es la más empleada(AU)

Introduction: The maxillofacial region is vulnerable to injuries. In Cuba, few studies related to urgent care services have been carried out in maxillofacial traumatology, which led to an increase of motivation to conduct this research. Objective: To characterize maxillofacial trauma from a clinical and epidemiological point of view in patients treated in General Calixto García Hospital from June 2016 to June 2017. Material and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with the universe of patients (2412 ones) that were treated in the Emergency Service of General Calixto García University Hospital with the diagnosis of maxillofacial trauma from June 2016 to June 2017. The variables used were: age groups, sex, etiological factor, type of injury, and therapeutic behavior. Results: In the study, the patients aged between 19 and 30 years represented 41.0 percent; the male sex 69.0 percent; and the traffic accidents 34.6 percent. The most frequent hard tissue injuries were nasal fractures (13.9 percent); and the soft tissue injuries were purely integumentary wounds (82.1 percent). Bandage placement was used in 89.1 percent, and wound suture in 84.1 percent. Conclusions: The behavior of the maxillofacial trauma in the Emergency Service of General Calixto García University Hospital, showed that it predominates in men of middle age due to traffic accidents. Soft tissue injuries were the predominant type of injuries, among them, the purely integumentary wounds. The conservative behavior in its modality of bandage placement was the most commonly used(AU)

Reconstruction of hand defects / 中华创伤骨科杂志

Hands are an important organ with which mankind has created his civilizations. Functional reconstruction of hand defects is a difficult clinical problem. The cosmetic artificial hand has no other function than that of decoration. The tool hand and kruckenberg forearm furcate phalangisation have scarcely been utilized now because they have limited functions. The myoelectric artificial hand is the major product on the prosthese market, but its accuracy needs improving. Microsurgery can restore part of the sensory functions of the hand but can not restore its normal contour. Treatment of the lost part of the forearm with an electronic artificial hand, which is controlled by a reconstructed digit transplanted from the second toe to the forearm stump, improves the action accuracy. Wide application of this new technique is recommendable. More than 10 cases treated with allograft hand transplantation have been reported recently. Since these patients have to receive a long term therapy of immunosuppressive agents due to the immunological rejection,this method is not suitable to be a routine clinical operation. If the problems concerning transplantation immunity are solved, allograft hand transplantation will be an optimal method of functional reconstruction of hand defects.