AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore the effect of bed rest duration after sheath removal following percutaneous coronary interventions on the incidence of vascular complications, back pain and urinary problems. BACKGROUND According to the literature, the duration of bed rest after sheath removal following percutaneous coronary interventions ranges from 2-24 hours. Several studies have assessed the...

Heart disease has one of the highest mortality rates in the world. According to DATASUS1, in January 2014 Brazil reported a mortality rate of 10.20% related to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF) on an emergency basis. From January to June 2008, 10,652 coronary artery bypass grafting and/or valve replacement surgeries were held in Brazil1. Despite the technological advances...

Purpose: Shorter length of stay (LOS) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is cost-effective. Straight leg raise (SLR) a common exercise prescribed TKA, but the significance early postoperative SLR unknown. The primary aim this study to evaluate association between and LOS. Secondary aims are explore associations among SLR, time ambulation, stairs climbing identify factors related SLR. Methods: ...

Below-knee (BK) amputation is one of the most commonly performed actions in dysvascular cases, but rare caused by arterial stenosis. Those had significant impacts on clinical functions and affect contralateral limb, so its need adequate supervision during rehabilitation programs. The report are to describe stump wound healing patient after surgery, preparation at pre-prosthetic phase, preventio...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of osteosynthesis using compression hip screw fixation versus bipolar hemiarthroplasty in AO type A2 intertrochanteric fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS From March 2003 to December 2009, 89 patients were included in this study. They were treated using compression hip screws (43 cases) or bipolar hemiarthroplasty (46 cases). The mean...

OBJECTIVE Detect the main predictive non-motor factors related to independent community ambulation after stroke. Furthermore, we propose a scale to estimate the probability of a stroke patient achieving independent community ambulation after 6 months of rehabilitation. DESIGN AND SETTINGS Prospective cohort. Subjects treated in a rehabilitation center in a large metropolitan area. Independent...

A retrospective observational study was performed to determine if early ambulation compromised healing in patients who underwent primary first metatarsophalangeal joint arthrodesis. The records of 42 patients undergoing 47 fusions were evaluated to determine time to radiographic union, time to clinical union, and return to regular shoes. Results showed that patients achieved clinical healing at...

Commentary VTE is an important complication of major orthopedic surgery. Advances in surgical technique, early ambulation, and early hospital discharge coupled with safer and more effective pharmacologic agents have reduced the risk for symptomatic VTE (DVT or PE). Rates of symptomatic VTE of 15% to 30% after TKR or THR before 1980 have been reduced to 1% to 2% in some recent studies (1, 2) thr...