CV Lattes
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduation at Medicina from Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes (1989), master's at Cirurgia from Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / UNICAMP (2002) and doctorate at Cirurgia from Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / UNICAMP (2007). Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Orthopedic surgery, acting on the following subjects: amputations, leg, extremities, grastrosquise and pulmao. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Humeral shaft fractures (HSF) represent 1-3% of all human fractures, with an incidence of 14.5/100,000 adults up to fifty years to 60/100,000 adults aged from 90 to 100 years old. The radial nerve injuries related to HSF average incidence is 11% (range: 1.8% to 18%). Some authors recommend conservative treatment of those fractures with radial praxis claiming that over 80% of the nerve wil…
Open fractures are considered contaminated wounds and usually result from high energy trauma that can threaten the limb viability or the patients survival. The tibia has peculiar characteristics in that it is more vulnerable because of its frequent exposure to direct trauma and little protection from soft tissues, specially in its antero-medial surface. As a rule, in order to salvage the …
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