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OBJECTIVE: To verify if there is consensus about the treatment of each type of injury or amputation of the fingertips, and if there is a statistical difference among the treatment options according to the surgeon's length of time in the hand surgery specialty. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted during the 37th Brazilian Congress of Hand Surgery, when one hundred and twenty questionnaires were randomly distributed. Observing the inclusion and exclusion criteria, ninety completed questionnaires were included. The answers were submitted to descriptive and inferential analysis with a significance level of p <0.05. RESULTS: This study showed agreement of 63.3% for the treatment with statistical difference for dorsal oblique injury less than 1 cm with bone exposure for the VY advancement flap alternative; 46.7% for volar tip oblique injury with bone exposure less than 1 cm for the Cross Finger alternative; 47.8% for oblique thumb volar injury greater than 1 cm with no bone exposure to the Moberg alternative; 54.4% for thumb pulp injury up to 2.5 cm with bone exposure to the Moberg alternative with proximal release, and 92.2% for antibiotic use, for the "cephalexin" alternative. CONCLUSION: There is no consensus regarding the treatment of most types of fingertip lesions, with agreement of 45.4%. When we subdivided by time group of specialty in hand surgery, there was an increase in agreement to 54.5% of the questions per subgroup. Further comparative studies are needed to assess the consensus among surgeons regarding the treatment of fingertip injury. Level of Evidence III; Cross-sectional survey.
OBJETIVO: Verificar se há consenso sobre o tratamento de cada tipo de lesão ou amputação da ponta do dedo e se há diferença estatística entre as opções de tratamento de acordo com o tempo em que o cirurgião atua na especialidade de cirurgia da mão. MÉTODOS: Pesquisa transversal realizada durante o 37° Congresso Brasileiro de Cirurgia da Mão, quando foram distribuídos cento e vinte questionários de forma aleatória. Observando-se os critérios de inclusão e exclusão, noventa questionários respondidos foram incluídos. As respostas foram submetidas a análise descritiva e inferencial com índice de significância de p < 0,05. RESULTADOS: Este estudo apresentou concordância no tratamento com diferença estatística para lesão oblíqua dorsal menor que 1 cm com exposição óssea para a alternativa de retalho de avanço VY com 63,3%; lesão oblíqua volar com exposição óssea menor que 1 cm para a alternativa Cross Finger com 46,7%; lesão oblíqua volar do polegar maior de 1 cm sem exposição óssea para a alternativa Moberg com 47,8%; lesão da polpa do polegar com até 2,5 cm com exposição óssea para a alternativa Moberg com liberação proximal com 54,4% e uso de antibióticos para a alternativa "cefalexina" com 92,2%. CONCLUSÃO: Não há consenso quanto ao tratamento da maioria dos tipos de lesão da ponta do dedo, sendo que houve concordância em 45,4%. Quando subdividimos por grupo de tempo de especialização em cirurgia de mão, verificou-se aumento da concordância para 54,5% das questões por subgrupo. Há necessidade de realização de novos estudos comparativos para avaliarmos o consenso entre os cirurgiões com relação ao tratamento da lesão das pontas dos dedos. Nível de evidência III; Pesquisa transversal.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the symptoms relief after local corticoid injection correlate with better results of surgical treatment in carpal tunnel syndrome. METHODS: Between February 2011 and June 2013, 100 wrists of 88 patients were included in the study. All patients were subjected to corticoid injections in the carpal tunnel and evaluated before and after infiltration and surgery. The following parameters were evaluated: visual analog scale (VAS) for pain, Boston questionnaire, sensitivity and strength. RESULTS: Only 28 out of 100 wrists subjected to injection were symptom-free after six months follow up. Sixty out of the 72 patients who did not present relief or relapse symptoms were treated surgically. Surgical results were better regarding VAS, Boston questionnaire and sensitivity in a specific group of patients, which had a longer relief of symptoms after the corticoid injection, with statistical significance. CONCLUSION: Longer relief of symptoms after corticoid injection correlated with better results of surgical treatment.
