RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar os casos de epifisiólise do fêmur proximal operados pelo serviço de Ortopedia Pediátrica do Hospital Risoleta Tolentino Neves (HRTN), Belo Horizonte/MG, entre os anos de 2016 e 2019. Métodos: Foram analisados retrospectivamente os pacientes submetidos a tratamento cirúrgico de epifisiólise no Hospital Risoleta Tolentino Neves entre janeiro/2016 a janeiro/2019. Os dados coletados para análise foram: sexo, idade, lado acometido, cirurgia realizada, complicações pós-operatórias. Resultados: De janeiro de 2016 a janeiro de 2019, foram tratados 21 pacientes no HRTN. Houve predomínio do sexo feminino (57%), com média de idade de 12 anos. Cerca de 80% dos pacientes apresentaram quadro de epifisiólise crônica/ crônica-agudizada no primodiagnóstico. O lado esquerdo foi ligeiramente mais acometido em relação ao direito (6:5), com bilateralidade de 47%. A necrose avascular foi a complicação mais frequente, em 33% dos casos. Conclusão: Trata-se de quadro de alta morbidade associada, devendo haver um diagnóstico precoce, investigação de distúrbios endócrinos e tratamento cirúrgico adequado, visando uma melhora do prognóstico clínico e funcional do paciente. Nível de Evidência II, Estudo retrospectivo.

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the cases of slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) submitted to surgery at the Pediatric Orthopedics Surgery service of the Hospital Risoleta Tolentino Neves (HRTN), Belo Horizonte/MG, between 2016 and 2019. Methods: Patients treated for SCFE at the HRTN between January/2016 and January/2019 participated in this study. The following data were collected: gender, age, affected side, procedure performed, and postoperative complications. Results: Twenty-one patients were treated at HRTN during the specified period. Among these, most were female (57%) with mean age of 12 years. At the initial diagnosis, about 80% of the patients presented with chronic/acute-on-chronic epiphysis. The left hip was slightly more affected than the right (6:5), with a bilateral rate of 47%, and avascular necrosis was the most frequent complication, occurring in 33% of cases. Conclusion: Slipped femoral capital epiphysis is associated with high morbidity; thus, early diagnosis, endocrine disorder investigation, and appropriate surgical treatment are key for improving these patients’ clinical and functional outcome. Level of Evidence II, Retrospective study.

ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of patients' age on the delay between diagnosis and surgical treatment of proximal femoral fracturesMETHODS: This is a retrospective study, con-ducted at a tertiary university hospital, including all patients admitted with proximal femoral fractures between March 2013 and March 2014. The participants were categorized into four groups according to age levels. The groups were compared according to demographics, comorbidities, fracture type, trau-ma circumstances, and time between diagnosis and surgical procedureRESULTS: One hundred and sixty one patients were included, 37 adults and 124 elderly. Among adults, the mean delay between diagnosis and surgical procedure was 6.4±5.3 days; among elderly the delay was 9.5±7.6 days. There was a progressive increase in the delay from the young-adults group through the elderly individuals (Kruskal-Wallis: 13.7; p=0.003)CONCLUSION: In spite of being the patients most susceptible to complications due to surgical delay, the elderly individuals pre-sented the longest delays from admission to surgical treatment. Level of Evidence III, Retrospective Study.

Objetivo:Avaliar o impacto de um ambulatório de pé diabético na redução da morbidade da doença, com ênfase nas lesões dos membros inferiores.Métodos:Estudo prospectivo, observacional, com população alvo de 30 casos do total de 77 pacientes do ambulatório de pé diabético. O critério de inclusão foi que todos os pacientes tivessem exames laboratoriais, exame clínico, testes neuropático e vascular e índice tornozelo-braço repetidos após 18 meses de acompanhamento, o que permitiu analisar sua evolução. A análise estatística foi feita com o teste qui-quadrado de MacNemar para amostras dependentes.Resultados:A média de idade dos pacientes foi de 61 anos, todos portadores de diabetes mellitus (DM) tipo 2, iniciada em média havia 14,5 anos, e 20% eram neuropatas. Após 18 meses, não houve mudança na frequência de lesão em órgão alvo da diabetes (p = 1,000) e no índice de neuropatía (p = 1,000). Obteve-se, no entanto, melhoria significativa dos sintomas neuro-páticos de 70% para 36,7% (p = 0,035), bem como da doenca arterial periférica de 73,3% para 46,7% (p = 0,021). Foi observada ainda diminuição de 13,3% para 10% das úlceras (p = 1,000).Conclusões:A criação de ambulatórios especializados em prevenção do pé diabético é investimento viável, de baixo custo quando comparado aos altos custos gerados pelas complicates dessa doenca. Essa abordagem melhora sensivelmente a qualidade de vida do paciente, com a redução da morbidade.

Objective:To assess the impact of a diabetic foot outpatient clinic on reducing the morbidity of this disease, with emphasis on lower-limb lesions.Methods:This was a prospective observational study with a target population of 30 cases out of a total of 77 patients in the diabetic foot outpatient clinic. The inclusion criterion was that data relating to laboratory tests, clinical examinations, neuropathic and vascular tests and the elbow-arm index needed to be available from all the patients, with repetition after 18 months of follow-up, so as to analyze their evolution. The statistical analysis was done using the McNemar chi-square test for dependent samples.Results:The patients' mean age was 61 years. All of them had type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), which had started 14.5 years previously, on average, and 20% had neuropathies. After 18 months, there was no change in the frequency of lesions in diabetes target organs (p = 1.000) or in the neuropathy rate (p = 1.000). However, there were significant improvements in neuropathic symptoms, from 70% to 36.7% (p = 0.035), and in peripheral arterial disease, from 73.3% to 46.7% (p = 0.021). There was also a decrease in ulcers from 13.3% to 10% (p = 1.000).Conclusions:Creation of specialized outpatient clinics for prevention of diabetic foot is a viable investment, which has low cost compared with the high costs generated through the complications from this disease. This approach noticeably improves the patients' quality of life, with reduction of morbidity.