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Misprints in a published paper

Authors :
Orlando R. Rodríguez
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
Springer-Verlag, 2006.

Abstract

The work, "Ricardo M. The effect of ultrasound on the healing of muscle-pediculated bone graft in scaphoid non-union. Int Orthop. 2006 Apr;30(2):123–127", published by the prestigious journal International Orthopaedics, contains some misprints. In the paper it is reported that the ultrasound intensity emitted by the equipment employed in the study, a Theramed 101B, was 30 mW/cm2. Actually, the reported intensity should have been 50mW/cm2. The error could have come about since initially in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the Manuel Fajardo Teaching Hospital, a preliminary study was conducted for the stimulation of bone repair that indeed used 30mW/cm2. The first results of this preliminary study were published in the following reference, "O. Rodriguez, R. Monreal. Acceleration of Osseous Fracture Repair by Low-intensity Pulsed Ultrasound Therapy: A Preliminary Study", Proceedings of the II Latin-American Congress on Biomedical Engineering (ISBN 959-7132-57-5), Havana, Cuba, Cod. 265, (2001). Nevertheless after that preliminary study and since the beginning of 2000, the Theramed 101B equipment was modified for an emmision of 50 mW/cm2. Therefore, the year for the beginning of the study described by author should be 2000 and not 1999, and the reported intensity must be 50 mW/cm2, and not 30 mW/cm2. Sincerely yours, Orlando R. Rodriguez Rua (MD), Researcher of the “Instituto de Cibernetica, Matematica y Fisica”, La Habana Cuba. Chief of the project PRI/1/1 of the “Agencia Cubana de Energia Nuclear y Tecnologias de Avanzadas” under which the Theramed 101B was Developer with the collaboration of the “Departamento de Ingenieria Electrica y Electronica, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Estado de Mexico, Mexico” and the “Seccion de Bioelectronica, Departamento de Ingenieria Electrica, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico DF, Mexico”.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....59e61c9604ad33f3f7f090bfa03088e8