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- Elbow Arthroplasty in a patient with Juvenile Idiopathic ArthritisPublication . Martins, P; Moura, DL; Ferreira, J; Reis, A; Capelão, M; Fonseca, FIntroduction: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is an autoimmune systemic chronic inflammatory disease that affects the joints as a chronic inflammatory synovitis. It appears before the 16 years old and there are many disease types, like the oligoarticular, polyarticular, systemic, etc. The orthopedic treatment and prognosis are defined by the joint sequelae grades, affecting mostly the hips, knees, ankles, elbows and wrists. Objectives: Case report of a patient with JIA which conservative treatment was ineffective. A new stage of treatment was proposed, with bone preservation total elbow prosthesis. A good function, increasing range of motion and pain relief was achieved. Methods: We present a clinical case of a 35 year-old female with diagnosis of a polyarticular JIA with evolution of 30 years. The disease stadium is the articular sequelae phase, affecting the vertebral column, hips, knees, shoulders, elbows and hands. The patient is referred to our centre because of intense pain and progressive amplitudes loss of the left elbow, with 5 years evolution. The plain radiograph of the left elbow shows bone erosions and diffuse osteopenia, signs of inflammatory active process at this joint. At this time, the patient is treated non surgically with disease modifying anti-rheumatoid, anti-inflammatory and pain killer drugs. After six months, the elbow pain and stiffness are worse, so the patient is submitted to a surgical arthrolisis, with no improvement. After 6 months, it is performed another arthrolisis, with the same unsuccessful results. The symptoms became incapacitating, with intense pain and crepitation of the joint, and severe limitation of the daily activities. The Mayo Score was 15. The movement arc was 90º of flexion and 20º of extension. At this time, the x-ray shows a grade 4 elbow arthrosis, with numerous osteophytes and an almost complete disappearance of the interarticular space. Being aware of the age of the patient and the severe limitation and prejudice on the life quality, it is performed a total elbow arthroplasty. The intraoperative findings were extense synovitis and aderences and a total juxtaposition of the articular surfaces, conditioning severe joint stiffness. It was used a bone preservation total elbow prosthesis. Results: The surgery had no intercurrences and during the first 3 weeks it was done a cast immobilization with 90º elbow flexion. After this time, the patient began psychiatric rehabilitation programs that lead to progressive gain of joint amplitudes. One month after the joint replacement, the patient has 120º flexion and 15º extension, with no signs of joint instability and pain only at the movement limits. The patient was satisfied with the recuperation and at the third postoperative month the Mayo Sore was 100. Conclusions: JIA can result in extreme situations of incapacitating osteoarthosis, frequently of the elbow joint. This disease affecting a young active patient is an indication to total elbow arthroplasty, that in the inflammatory arthritis generally results in pain relief and an important function recuperation of the joint amplitudes movements.
- Information and Communication Technologies in Long-term and Palliative CarePublication . Reis, A; Araújo Pedrosa, A; Dourado, M; Reis, C
- Maximum sharing of cadaver liver grafts composite split and domino liver transplantsPublication . Furtado, AL; Oliveira, FJ; Furtado, E; Geraldes, B; Reis, A; Viana, JS; Bento, C; Vieira, H; Neves, S
- Outcomes of choledochal cysts with or without intrahepatic involvement in children after extrahepatic cyst excision and Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomyPublication . Congo, K; Lopes, MF; Oliveira, PH; Matos, H; Basso, S; Reis, ABackground. Type I and type IV-A choledochal cysts (CC) in Todani's classification are the most frequent types of CC. Unlike type I cyst, in which the dilatation is confined to the extrahepatic bile duct, type IV-A affects both extra and intrahepatic ducts. Aim. To review our experience of complete cyst excision with Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy for the treatment of type I and type IV-A CC in childhood, in order to better characterize these entities. Material and methods. Data was collected retrospectively from a cohort of children who underwent cyst resection for CC from 1989 to 2011 in our institution. Results. Twelve patients were submitted to surgical excision of extrahepatic cyst and hepaticojejunostomy for treatment of type I (n = 6) and type IV-A (n = 6) cysts, with a complication rate of 25% (n = 3) and no mortality. Long term follow-up was available in 92% of patients, with a median of 10 years (2-22 years). Morbidities consisted of bile leak (2 patients) and late-onset cholestasis (1 patient); two of these required anastomotic revision. The results did not reveal any significant differences between the groups regarding postoperative outcomes (P > 0.05). Preoperative intrahepatic dilatation was found to permanently vanish in 83% of patients diagnosed with type IV-A cyst after operative repair. Conclusions. Intrahepatic dilatation of type IV-A cyst in children did not adversely affect the postoperative outcome after conventional surgical repair. This operative approach was effective in the management of type I and type IV-A cysts.
- Pulmonary hypertension in Portugal: first data from a nationwide registryPublication . Baptista, A; Meireles, J; Agapito, A; Castro, G; Silva, AM; Shiang, T; Gonçalves, F; Robalo-Martins, S; Nunes-Diogo, A; Reis, AINTRODUCTION: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare disease that must be managed in specialized centers; therefore, the availability of epidemiological national data is critical. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, observational, and multicenter registry with a joint collaboration from five centers from Portugal and included adult incident patients with PAH or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). RESULTS: Of the 79 patients enrolled in this study, 46 (58.2%) were classified as PAH and 33 patients (41.8%) as CTEPH. PAH patients had a mean age of 43.4 ± 16.4 years. Idiopathic PAH was the most common etiology (37%). At presentation, PAH patients had elevated right atrial pressure (RAP) (7.7 ± 5.9 mmHg) and mean pulmonary vascular resistance (11.4 ± 6.5 Wood units), with a low cardiac index (2.7 ± 1.1 L·min(-1)·m(-2)); no patient was under selective pulmonary vasodilators; however, at follow-up, most patients were on single (50%), double (28%), or triple (9%) combination vasodilator therapy. One-year survival was 93.5%, similar to CTEPH patients (93.9%), that were older (60.0 ± 12.5 years) and had higher RAP (11.0 ± 5.2 mmHg, P = 0.015). CONCLUSIONS: We describe for the first time nationwide data on the diagnosis, management, and prognosis of PAH and CTEPH patients in Portugal. Clinical presentation and outcomes are comparable with those reported on other national registries.
- Visual and ocular motor function in the atypical form of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type IPublication . Jesus-Ribeiro, J; Farinha, C; Amorim, M; Matos, A; Reis, A; Lemos, J; Castelo-Branco, M; Januário, CBACKGROUND/AIMS: Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) type I is a rare disease that can be divided into a classical or atypical variant, according to age of onset and clinical pattern. Neuro-ophthalmological involvement has been documented in the classical variant but only anecdotically in the atypical variant. We sought to describe the visual and ocular motor function in patients with atypical form of NBIA type I. METHODS: Cross-sectional study, including patients with genetically confirmed NBIA type I and classified as atypical variant, who underwent ophthalmological examination with best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), optical coherence tomography (OCT), fundus autofluorescence (FAF), electroretinography (ERG), visual evoked potentials (VEP) and video-oculography. RESULTS: Seven patients with a mean BCVA of 0.12±0.14 logMAR were included. Only two patients showed structural evidence of advanced retinopathy in OCT and FAF, and there were no cases of optic atrophy. ERG data, however, showed abnormal scotopic and/or photopic responses in all patients. VEP were normal in all three patients. Ocular fixation was markedly unstable (eg, increased rate of saccadic pulses) in the majority of patients (5). Additional mild ocular motor disturbances included low gain pursuit (2), hypermetric saccades (1), low gain optokinetic (2) and caloric and rotatory responses (3). CONCLUSION: Functional retinal changes associated with marked instability of ocular fixation should be included in the clinical spectrum of NBIA, particularly in the atypical form.