Fernando Antonio Fernandez Ugalde

Orthopedist at Ecatepec Private Hospital South 58 Mz. 76 Lt. 34 No. 35 Col. San Agustín 1&de, Mexico

Publications

• Research Article
  Acetabular fractures mechanism of injury initial stabilization and associated injuries in a Mexican level 2 hospital
  Author(s): Fernando Antonio Fernandez Ugalde* and Roberto Carlos Portugal Mariaca
  
  Objectives: To determine the relationship between surgically treated acetabular fractures, their associated injuries, and the need for pelvic stabilization before definitive fixation. Methods: Review of records of patients with acetabular fractures treated surgically at the Central Hospital of the Mexican Red Cross between August 2013-January 2016. Descriptive statistical analysis in frequencies and proportions, X2 to determine the dependence between qualitative variables with a p <0.05 denoting significance. Results: 32 patients in the sample: 26 males, average age of 36.3 years. Mechanism of injury 75% due to accident related to a motor vehicle (P=0.0052). Damage control in orthopaedics was performed in 68.7% with a positive association between this and the surgical treatment of these injuries (P=0.0052). According to Letournel, anterior wall fractures occurre.. Read More»
  DOI.10.37532/1897- 2276.2022.17(9).75