Intramedullary nails for correction of deformity in the lower limbs in children with osteogenesis imperfecta / 中国矫形外科杂志
Orthopedic Journal of China
;
(24)2006.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-543054
ABSTRACT
[Objective]To explore the application of the intramedullary nails for correction of deformity in the lower limbs and decrease the opportunity of refracture in children with osteogenesis imperfecta.[Method]From Jan.2000 to Aug.2004,8 patients(3 males and 5 females),with 13 femurs and 3 tibias totally,with deformity in lower limps were corrected by multi-osteotomy and fixed with intramedullary nails,2 for K-wires;3 for Ender nails;and 3 for flexible intramedullary nails.[Result]All deformities were perfectly corrected.All patients were available at final follow up,for 9 months to 60 months,mean 30 months.None of the complications occurred postoperatively,such as infection in the incision or pin tract,nonunion,and refracture.One patient can walk by a stick from wheel-chair help preoperatively and one K-wire was disrupted near the end.[Conclusion]Multi-osteotomy and fixed intramedullary nails,can correct the deformity in the lower limbs perfectly and decrease the opportunity of refracture in children with osteogenesis imperfecta,which has been proved to be a reliable method.
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Orthopedic Journal of China
Year:
2006
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