Prevalencia de lesiones diagnosticadas por artroscopia en pacientes con trastorno interno de la rodilla de la Armada del Ecuador en el Hospital General Naval de Guayaquil atendidos durante el periodo 2015 - 2017.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that is currently used more frequently in knee disorders. The purpose of this study is to know the lesions most frequently observed in arthroscopy in those patients who were treated at the General Naval Hospital of Guayaquil METHODS: Cross-sectional prevalence study, in which a database with the medical records was generated, surgical and anesthesia parts. The data collection was done in an Excel 2016 book and later the SPSS version 24 program was used to generate tables and statistical analysis. RESULTS: the study included 138 patients of whom 80.4% were men and 19.6% were women. The prevalence of meniscus injuries corresponded to 60.87%, followed by rupture of cartilage in 57.25% patients and finally the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in 20.29%. In this study, no posterior cruciate ligament lesions or associated fractures were detected. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of patients attended was male and the most frequent lesion was meniscus. There was a positive relationship between cartilage rupture and the overweight of patients X2 = 6.784 (p = 0.034) that could favor the injury at this level.