Características clínicas asociadas al uso de artroscopía como tratamiento de lesiones de meniscos en Hospital IESS de Milagro; enero 2017 – enero 2019.

Abstract

Introduction: Meniscopathies include all types of injuries that develop at the level of the menisci, regardless of their type and characteristics, which range from acute processes such as ruptures and can even reach insidious and degenerative processes with chronicity. Knee arthroscopy is a minimally invasive intra-articular surgery on the knee, the intervention consists of the introduction into the joint cavity of the knee, and through small incisions, a fine arthroscope to visualize possible injuries, and the necessary instruments to repair them; The objective is to improve the diagnosis by direct vision of the joint and facilitate its treatment without the need to open it widely. Materials and Methods: It consists of a research work developed under cross-section, without experimentation and retrospective, with analysis of descriptive and correlational information, where the sample consisted of 205 patients treated at the Basic Hospital IESS of the city. Miracle during the study period. Results: A higher prevalence of male cases and within an age range between 29 and 39 years of age was reported in the present investigation. Regarding the most prevalent type of injury, meniscus tears stood out as the most frequent, with 53.2% of cases. Finally, regarding complications, the development of infections in the surgical wound stood out in this research as the most prevalent with 27.3% of the cases. Conclusions: Once the present investigation is finished and the information collected is analyzed, it is obtained that the male sex and the age between 29 and 39 years are the most prevalent demographic characteristics in cases of meniscus injuries intervened by means of arthroscopy. In addition, it was also obtained that the meniscus tear is the most prevalent injury in cases that require intervention through arthroscopy and that the main complications are infections of the surgical wound