{"id":3488,"date":"2026-03-17T12:02:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drestebancastro.com\/blog\/?p=3488"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:37:15","slug":"que-medico-trata-el-dolor-de-rodilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drestebancastro.com\/blog\/que-medico-trata-el-dolor-de-rodilla\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 m\u00e9dico trata el dolor de rodilla?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Los medicos de&nbsp; primer contacto para valorar el dolor de rodilla, suelen ser los m\u00e9dicos de atenci\u00f3n primaria (medicina familiar\/internista\/traumat\u00f3logo), quienes realizan una historia cl\u00ednica, exploraci\u00f3n, radiograf\u00edas iniciales si son necesarias y decide derivaciones seg\u00fan hallazgos y signos de alarma. En mayores de 45\u201350 a\u00f1os con sospecha de artrosis, la atenci\u00f3n primaria lidera el manejo escalonado y coordina derivaci\u00f3n si fracasa el tratamiento conservador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00bf<em><em>Cu\u00e1ndo derivar y a qui\u00e9n?<\/em><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ortopedia\/Traumatolog\u00eda o Medicina del Deporte: sospecha de lesi\u00f3n interna (menisco\/ligamentos), bloqueo, inestabilidad, derrame traum\u00e1tico, fracaso de manejo conservador o consideraci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica. Ya sea por un franco inicio traum\u00e1tico as\u00ed como por persistencia de s\u00edntomas en manejo conservador.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reumatolog\u00eda: signos de artritis inflamatoria (rigidez prolongada, m\u00faltiples articulaciones, fiebre, marcadores sist\u00e9micos), o sospecha de espondiloartritis; las gu\u00edas recomiendan derivaci\u00f3n temprana para confirmar e iniciar tratamiento, as\u00ed como por presenter antecedentes de familiares con enfermedades diagnosticadas y en tratamiento.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fisioterapia: muchos casos (p. ej., artrosis, dolor patelofemoral) se benefician de rutas de atenci\u00f3n con fisioterapia y control en atenci\u00f3n primaria; derivar a especialista cuando el curso no es el esperado. Habitualmente se emplea el uso de fisioterapia cuando se ha confirmado el diagn\u00f3stico de la causa de dolor y se emplea la fisioterapia como medida de tratamiento dirigido a una enfermedad o lesion. No obstante, la fisioterapia se ha vuelto un \u00e1rea de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica de primer contacto en nuestro pa\u00eds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Tips pr\u00e1cticos para saber qu\u00e9 hacer:<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>En la mayor\u00eda de los pacientes, la historia y la exploraci\u00f3n bien hechas orientan el diagn\u00f3stico; la radiograf\u00eda\/eco son primera l\u00ednea seg\u00fan el contexto, reservando la Resonancia Magn\u00e9tica para dudas o sospecha de lesi\u00f3n interna, en dado caso, enviar a Ortopedista \/Traumat\u00f3logo en caso de si existen dudas cuando la atenci\u00f3n inicial llega a otro m\u00e9dico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pedir Resonancia Magn\u00e9tica de forma indiscriminada desde los niveles de atenci\u00f3n primaria en mayores de 40 a\u00f1os, aporta poco y aumenta derivaciones o tratamientos innecesarios; priorizar radiograf\u00eda en carga y examen f\u00edsico antes de RM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Como conclusi\u00f3n: comienza con atenci\u00f3n primaria; seg\u00fan los hallazgos, se deriva a ortopedia\/medicina del deporte para patolog\u00eda mec\u00e1nica\/quir\u00fargica o a reumatolog\u00eda si se sospecha inflamaci\u00f3n sist\u00e9mica, siguiendo rutas de atenci\u00f3n ya establecidas para optimizar tiempos y recursos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Fuentes consultadas<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>[1] Natalie Farha, Abby Spencer, &amp; Megan McGervey (2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outpatient Evaluation of Knee Pain. 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BMJ open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31488471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31488471<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[11] E Robinson, B Rajayogeswaran, &amp; E Walton (2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Changing primary care requesting practices for MRI knee: A quality improvement project. Radiography (London, England : 1995).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36907026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36907026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[12] David J Petron, Patrick E Greis, Stephen K Aoki, Stuart Black, Derek Krete, Kinjal B Sohagia, &amp; Robert Burks (2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use of knee magnetic resonance imaging by primary care physicians in patients aged 40 years and older. 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