Analysis of the order-implantation relationship for musculoskeletal tissue transplantation. / Análisis de la relación solicitud-implante de injerto para trasplante osteomuscular.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze orders requested from a musculoskeletal tissue bank and to evaluate the percentage of tissue implantation. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Two hundred and sixty-five orders for musculoskeletal tissue were analyzed over the course of a year. EXCLUSIONS: 5 duplications and 5 orders for which there was no availability to cover the need. We analyzed the number of surgeries in which the graft was finally used. RESULTS: Of a total of 255 orders, the graft was used in 178 (70%), and the graft was not used in 77 (30%). Of the 178 used, there was a partial refund in 23 (10%). Of the 77 orders not used, surgery was performed in 32 (13%) without the use of bank tissue, while surgery was discontinued in the remaining 45 (17%). DISCUSSION: A non-utilization rate of 30% was identified, of which 17% was from surgery that was not performed and 13% from surgery that was performed, but the tissue was returned to the tissue bank, because it was not required. In a further 10% there was partial return of the tissue. Based on this analysis, we consider that it is important to have direct confirmation of the surgery to avoid sending tissue for discontinued surgeries, since in addition to the economic impact, the bank must ensure adequate temperature maintenance during transportation and storage in the transplantation centre, to avoid discarding said tissue if it is returned.

Hipotermia en el tratamiento del traumatismo de cráneo grave. Caso clínico y revisión de la literatura / Hypothermia in the treatment of skull trauma serious. Clinical case and review of literature

El tratamiento de la hipotermia comenzó hace más de cuatro décadas, pero en los últimos años, su uso cobró más relevancia, por lo que se realizaron múltiples estudios. Lamentablemente, los resultados son controvertidos en el tratamiento de la hipertensión intracraneal secundaria al trauma. Presentamos a un paciente con traumatismo de cráneo grave e hipertensión intracraneal resistente, en el que se utilizó la hipotermia controlada, con buena respuesta.(AU)

Treatment of hypothermia started more than four decades ago. But in recent years its use became more relevant, and multiple studies were performed. Results are controversial in the treatment of intracranial hypertension in trauma. We present a patient with severe cranial trauma and refractory intracranial hypertension, treated with controlled hypothermia, with a good response.(AU)