Factores de riesgo de artrosis de rodilla, cadera o ambas en mujeres chilenas de mediana edad: un estudio de cohorte de tres décadas / Risk factors for the development of osteoarthritis in middle-aged women

BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a health problem affecting millions of individuals worldwide. Aim: To evaluate risk factors for hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) in women aged 40 to 59 years. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Analysis of a prospective cohort of 1159 women attending preventive health care programs and followed during 28 years. They underwent a clinical and laboratory evaluation from 1990 to 1993. The diagnosis of OA was retrieved from registries of a special program for osteoarthritis in 2020. RESULTS: Twenty four percent of participants developed osteoarthritis during the follow-up. At the beginning of the study and compared with women without OA, they were older (median [interquartile range or IQR]: 49.6 [8.5] and 47.2 [8.2] years respectively), had a higher body mass index (26.3 [5.3] and 25.1 [5.3] respectively), and a higher frequency of jobs with low qualification (76 and 62% respectively). The presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic hypertension, a previous history of alcohol or cigarette consumption, postmenopausal status and lipid and glucose blood levels did not differ between women with or without OA. Cox regression showed a final model that incorporates body mass index (hazard ratio (HR): 1.04; 95% confidence intervals (CI): 1.01-1.07), age (HR: 1.05; 95% CI: 1.03-1.08) and having an unqualified job (HR: 1.88; 95% CI: 1.43-2.47) as risk factors for OA. CONCLUSIONS: Obesity and the type of job are the most relevant risk factors found for OD: both may be modified with proper care.

Prevalence of joint pain and osteoarthritis in obese brazilian population / Prevalência de dor articular e osteoartrite na população obesa brasileira

ABSTRACT Background: High body mass index, as well as maintaining this condition for a long period of time, are important risk factors for the development of osteoarthritis. Aim: To determine joint pain and osteoarthritis prevalence in patients referred to bariatric surgery. Methods: Morbidly obese patients referred to bariatric surgery responded to the visual analogue pain scale (VAS) and the WOMAC questionnaire. X-rays of the hips and knees were evaluated. The primary endpoints were self-reported joint pain and the diagnosis of osteoarthritis by clinical and radiological criteria of the American College of Rheumatology. Results: 141 patients were interviewed (85.1% women) with a mean age of 40 years. The mean body mass index was 46. The lumbar spine and knee joint were the most commonly reported as painful (77.9% and 73.2% respectively). Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis was 63.1% and hip osteoarthritis was 40.8%. Age, mean VAS and WOMAC scores were higher in the osteoarthritic individuals. Conclusion: There is prevalence of 90.1% of pain symptoms in morbidly obese patients referred to bariatric surgery. The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis was 63.1% and hip osteoarthritis was 40.8% in this sample.

RESUMO Racional: Alto índice de massa corpórea, assim como a manutenção desta condição por longo período de tempo, são importantes fatores de risco para o desenvolvimento de osteoartrite. Objetivo: Determinar a prevalência de dor articular e osteoartrite em pacientes aguardando cirurgia bariátrica. Métodos: Pacientes obesos mórbidos responderam à escala e questionário (VAS e WOMAC) de dor e função. Radiografias dos quadris e joelhos foram avaliadas. Os desfechos primários foram dor articular referida nos questionários e o diagnóstico de osteoartrite feito através dos critérios clinicoradiológicos do Colégio Americano de Reumatologia. Resultados: Cento e quarenta e um pacientes foram entrevistados (85,1% mulheres) com idade média de 40 anos. A média do índice de massa corpórea foi de 46. Coluna lombar e joelhos foram as regiões mais comumente referidas com dor (77,9% e 73,2% respectivamente). A prevalência de osteoartrite dos joelhos foi de 63,1% e dos quadris foi de 40,8%. Idade, média da escala visual de dor e resultados do questionário de WOMAC foram maiores nos indivíduos com osteoartrite. Conclusão: Há prevalência de 90,1% de sintomas dolorosos nos pacientes obesos mórbidos encaminhados para cirurgia bariátrica. A osteoartrite dos joelhos foi de 63,1% e de quadris de 40,8%.

Contemporary Ceramic Total Hip Arthroplasty in Patients with Cerebral Palsy: Does It Work?

BACKGROUND: Adult patients with cerebral palsy (CP), who have advanced degenerative arthritis of the hip, have been treated with resection arthroplasty and arthrodesis. Although total hip arthroplasty (THA) has also been used as one of the alternative options, there are few studies on contemporary bearings used in THA. Therefore, we evaluated the results of the contemporary ceramic-on-ceramic THA in adult patients with CP. METHODS: From January 2005 to December 2007, five adult CP patients (5 hips) underwent THA using contemporary ceramic-on-ceramic bearings. All patients were able to stand or ambulate with intermittent use of assistive devices at home. We retrospectively reviewed the series to determine the results of THA in terms of pain relief, improved function, and durability of prosthesis. RESULTS: There were 3 men and 2 women with a mean age of 35.9 years. All patients had pain relief without decline in mobility postoperatively. One hip was dislocated, which was treated successfully with closed reduction and an abduction brace for 2 months. There was no ceramic fracture, loosening, or osteolysis during the mean follow-up of 6.8 years (range, 5.8 to 8.3 years). CONCLUSIONS: Cementless THA using contemporary ceramic-on-ceramic bearings is a useful option for the treatment of advanced degenerative arthritis of the hip in ambulatory adults with CP.

Aspects étiologiques des coxopathies destructrices au Bénin

Objectif : Déterminer les caractéristiques étiologi-ques des coxopathies destructrices dans le service de rhumatologie du CNHU-HKM de Cotonou. Patients et Méthode : Etude rétrospective à visée descriptive portant sur des dossiers médicaux de patients hospitalisés dans le service de rhumatolo-gie du CNHU de Cotonou pour une coxopathie éro-sive entre janvier 2001 et Décembre 2011. Nous avons déterminé et analysé les diverses étiologies des coxopathies érosives. Résultats : Sur 6450 patients hospitalisés dans la période, 41 (0,6%) présentaient une coxopathie destructrice. La sex-ratio était de 0,5. L'âge moyen des patients était 42,95±17,32 [13-75] ans. L'attein-te était unilatérale dans un tiers des cas. La durée moyenne d'évolution était de 634± 237 [180-2920] j. Les étiologies étaient dominées par la Coxalgie (8 cas), la PR (7 cas) l'ostéonécrose drépanocytaire (7 cas), les coxarthroses destructrices rapides (4 cas), les ostéoarthrites septique de hanche (4 cas), la SPA, les autres causes d'ostéonécrose (Dyslipi-démie, corticothérapie prolongée), les coxopathies destructrices non déterminées étaient présentes chacune dans 3 cas. Un cas de coxopathie destruc-trice pagétique et de chondrocalcinose articulaire de hanche ont été notifié. Conclusion : Les coxopathies destructrices sont à craindre de par leur pronostic surtout fonctionnel (aboutissant à la mise en place de prothèse coûteu-se) et parfois vital en l'absence d'une thérapeutique efficace. Le retard diagnostique et la sévérité de ces formes nécessitent une hospitalisation

Curved Periacetabular Osteotomy for the Treatment of Dysplastic Hips

Curved periacetabular osteotomy (CPO) was developed for the treatment of dysplastic hips in 1995. In CPO, the exposure of osteotomy sites and osteotomy of the ischium are made in the same manner as Bernese periacetabular osteotomy, and iliac and pubic osteotomies are performed in the same manner as rotational acetabular osteotomy. We studied the dynamic instabilities of 25 dysplastic hips before and after CPO using triaxial accelerometry. Overall magnitude of acceleration was significantly decreased from 2.30 +/- 0.57 m/sec2 preoperatively to 1.55 +/- 0.31 m/sec2 postoperatively. Pain relief and improvement of acetabular coverage resulting from acetabular reorientation seem to be related with reduction of dynamic instabilities of dysplastic hips. Isokinetic muscle strengths of 24 hips in 22 patients were measured preoperatively and after CPO. At 12 months postoperatively, the mean muscle strength exceeded the preoperative values. These results seem to be obtained due to no dissection of abductor muscles in CPO. The preoperative presence of acetabular cysts did not influence the results of CPO. An adequate rotation of the acetabular fragment induced cyst remodeling. Satisfactory results were obtained clinically and radiographically after CPO in patients aged 50 years or older. CPO alone for the treatment of severe dysplastic hips classified as subluxated hips of Severin group IV-b with preoperative CE angles of up to -20degrees could restore the acetabular coverage, weight-bearing area and medialization of the hip joint. CPO without any other combined procedure, as a treatment for 17 hips in 16 patients with Perthes-like deformities, produced good mid-term clinical and radiographic results. We have been performing CPO in conjunction with osteochondroplasty for the treatment of acatabular dysplasia associated with femoroacetabular impingement since 2006. The combined procedure has been providing effective correction of both acetabular dysplasia and associated femoral head-neck deformities without any increased complication rate. We have encountered an obturator artery injury in one case and two intraoperative comminuted fractures. Although serious complications such as motor nerve palsy, deep infection, necrosis of the femoral head or acetabulum, and delayed union or nonunion of the ilium were reported, such complications have never occurred in our 700 cases so far.

Revisión de conceptos actuales: actualización en pinzamiento femoroacetabular / Current concepts: labral hip impingement

Durante el último siglo múltiples autores han sugerido que la etiología de la osteoartritis (OA) de la cadera se encuentra relacionada más con la morfología que con la carga que esta recibe. Recientemente fue propuesto el concepto de pinzamiento femoroacetabular (PFA) como una explicación del papel que juegan las distintas alteraciones morfológicas de la cadera en el desarrollo de OA en pacientes jóvenes sin displasia. Históricamente se han descrito múltiples patologías (enfermedad de Legg-Calvé-Perthes, fracturas del fémur proximal, deslizamiento epifisario de la cabeza femoral, displasia del desarrollo de la cadera, etc.) capaces de desencadenar el desarrollo de OA de la cadera, pero las mismas representan un porcentaje muy bajo y la mayoría de los pacientes que la desarrollan carecen de condiciones predisponentes. Sin embargo, la evidencia reciente muestra que en pacientes activos las alteraciones morfológicas sutiles que afectan al fémur proximal o el acetábulo son la causa más común de pinzamiento femoroacetabular.

Artroscopía y artrosis de cadera: dónde están los límite ? / Arthroscopy and hip osteoarthritis: where are the limits ?

La artroscopía de cadera es una técnica quirúrgica con un significativo crecimiento en el campo de la cirugía ortopédica en los últimos diez años. En el caso del pinzamiento femoroacetabular (PFA), con sus consecuentes lesiones labrales y condrales, el tratamiento artroscópico ha demostrado ser una alternativa exitosa, tanto en el alivio sintomático y mejoría funcional, como en la corrección de la alteración morfológica característica de esta patología. Sin embargo, en pacientes que se presentan con avanzado daño articular y artrosis de cadera secundaria al PFA,la artroscopía tiene resultados inferiores. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar algunas herramientas clínicas e imagenológicas útiles, para distinguir entre los pacientes que son candidatos adecuados para un tratamiento artroscópico del PFA de aquellos que no lo son, debido a la presencia de daño articular avanzado.

A comparative radiographic investigation of femoroacetabular impingement in young patients with and without hip pain

OBJECTIVE: To compare the existence of radiographic abnormalities in two groups of patients, those with and without hip pain. METHODS: A total 222 patients were evaluated between March 2007 and April 2009; 122 complained of groin pain, and 100 had no symptoms. The individuals in both groups underwent radiographic examinations of the hip using the following views: anteroposterior, Lequesne false profile, Dunn, Dunn 45º, and Ducroquet. RESULTS: A total of 1110 radiographs were evaluated. Female patients were prevalent in both groups (52% symptomatic, 58% asymptomatic). There were statistically significant differences between the groups in age (p<0.0001), weight (p = 0.002) and BMI (p = 0.006). The positive findings in the group with groin pain consisted of the presence of a bump on the femoral head in the anteroposterior view (p<0.0001) or in the Dunn 45º view (p = 0.008). The difference in the a angle in the anteroposterior, Dunn, Dunn 45º, and Ducroquet views for all of the cases studied was p,0.0001. The joint space measurement differed significantly between groups in the Lequesne view (p = 0.007). The Lequesne anteversion angle (ρ) and the femoral offset measurement also differed significantly (p = 0.005 and p = 0.0001, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that the best views for diagnosing a femoroacetabular impingement are the anteroposterior pelvic orthostatic, the Dunn 45º, and the Ducroquet views. The following findings correlated with hip pain: a decrease in the femoral offset, an increase in the α angle, an increase in the Lequesne ρ angle, a decrease in the CE angle of Wiberg, a thinner articular space and the presence of a bump on the femoral head-neck transition.

Total Hip Arthroplasty Using S-ROM Prosthesis for Dysplastic Hip

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiological results of total hip arthroplasty using a proximal modular femoral stem in patients who had secondary coxarthrosis associated with a dysplastic hip. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-two patients (45 hips) with secondary coxarthrosis were evaluated after undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty using an S-ROM proximal modular femoral stem. The average follow-up was 80 months (range: 60 to 96 months). Clinical and radiological assessments were performed based on the Harris hip score and the radiological changes around the prosthesis. RESULTS: The average Harris hip score improved from 52.2 points to 88.5 points. All femoral stems showed stable fixation; there were 37 cases by bony ingrowth and 8 cases by stable fibrous ingrowth. Neither osteolysis nor progressive radiolucent lines around the femoral stem were found at the last follow-up. Forty-one hips (91.9%) revealed excellent or good clinical results at the most recent follow-up. CONCLUSION: For advanced secondary coxarthrosis, total hip arthroplasty with the use of the proximal modular femoral stem yielded good mid-term results with respect to the clinical and radiological criteria.

Tratamento artroscópico do impacto femoroacetabular / Arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement

OBJETIVOS: O propósito deste estudo é avaliar os resultados em curto prazo do tratamento artroscópico do impacto femoroacetabular. A hipótese é a de que os resultados do tratamento artroscópico são favoráveis. MÉTODOS: Entre agosto de 2003 e agosto de 2007, 28 quadris foram submetidos ao tratamento do impacto femoroacetabular pela via artroscópica. A idade média dos pacientes foi de 34 anos, com média de seguimento de 27 meses. Quanto à melhora clínica, os pacientes foram avaliados pré e pósoperatoriamente pelo Harris Hip Score (HHS) modificado por Byrd. Os pacientes foram avaliados pré e pós-operatoriamente em relação à rotação interna do quadril acometido. Os valores obtidos nos índices acima foram analisados estatisticamente através do método de Wilcoxon para a avaliação de variáveis não paramétricas. RESULTADOS: O Harris Hip Score médio pré-operatório foi de 54,2 e o pós-operatório, de 94,8 (p < 0,001). O aumento médio do HHS foi de 37,5 pontos. Houve quatro resultados bons (15 por cento) e 24 excelentes (85 por cento). Pré-operatoriamente os pacientes apresentavam rotação interna do quadril média de 17º e pós-operatoriamente, de 36º. O aumento médio de rotação interna foi de 19º (p < 0,001). CONCLUSÃO: O tratamento artroscópico do impacto femoroacetabular tem resultados satisfatórios.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the short-term follow-up results of arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement. Our hypothesis is that arthroscopic treatment results are favorable. METHODS: Between August 2003 and August 2007, 28 hips had femoroacetabular impingement treated by hip arthroscopy. The mean age was 34 years, with mean follow-up period of 27 months. Clinical results were graded with the modified Harris hip score, which was measured pre-and postoperatively. Patients had also their internal rotation analyzed. These parameters were calculated by using Wilcoxon's t test for analysis of nonparametric paired samples performed. RESULTS: The mean preoperative Harris Hip Score was 54.2, improving to 94.8 postoperatively (p<0,001). The mean increase was 37.5 points. We had 4 good results (15 percent) and 24 excellent results (85 percent). Preoperatively, the patients had a mean internal rotation of 17º, and, postoperatively, 36º. The average internal rotation increase was 19º (p<0,001). CONCLUSIONS: The arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement presents satisfactory results.

Impacto femoroacetabular: uma das condições precursoras da osteoartrose do quadril / Femoroacetabular impingement: a harbinger condition of hip joint osteoarthrosis

A osteoartrose (OA) do quadril é classicamente dividida em dois tipos principais: primárias ou "idiopáticas" e secundárias. Os mecanismos responsáveis pela OA primária da articulação coxofemoral permaneceram desconhecidos por muitos anos. Trabalhos realizados pela equipe do Dr. Reinhold Ganz, em Berna, na Suiça, apontam evidências clínicas sugestivas de que o impacto femoroacetabular (IFA) seja fator etiológico de alterações degenerativas precoces que progridem para OA, sendo, dessa forma, responsáveis por grande parte daquelas outrora classificadas como idiopáticas. Por meio de extensa revisão de literatura, os autores apresentam a terminologia, os mecanismos, a anatomia patológica, os métodos diagnósticos e o tratamento da IFA. Salientam a existência de indícios que permitem, com tratamento precoce, evitar o desencadeamento ou desacelerar a progressão da OA do quadril.

Prótesis autobloqueante de Müller modelo CDH. Experiencia en 5 años / Auto-locking Müller hip prosthesis model CDH. Five years experience

La cirugía para reemplazo de la articulación de la cadera en casos como las secuelas por trastornos en el desarrollo, malformaciones congénitas o en caderas pequeñas de personas de baja talla, requiere de modelos de prótesis que se adapten a esta morfología ósea, que las prótesis convencionales no solucionan. El sistema de las prótesis convencionales no solucionan. El sistema de la prótesis autobloqueante de Müller con vástago recto cuenta con un modelo para este tipo de caderas, en este trabajo se muestran los resultados de 5 años empleando esta prótesis CDH, reportando que en el 85 por ciento fueron excelentes y buenos a mediano plazo