Supracondylar Extension osteotomy for Knee Flexion Contracture by the Ilizarov Technique / 대한정형외과학회잡지
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
;
: 1260-1266, 1995.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
In patients with the sequele of poliomyelitis, pyogenic or tuberculous arthritis, or trauma, flexion contracture of the knee could be developed and many difficult problems would be met in treating them. Ilizarov suggested the method of gradual correction of deformities of bone after corticotomy-osteo- clasis, combined with gradual elongation of the shortened soft tissues, and the flexion contracture of knee & limb length discrepancy could be corrected simultaneously or sequentially following a sigle operative procedure. The authors have treated 25 patients with flexion contracture of the knee joint by the principle of Ilizarov treatment at the Sang Gye Paik Hospital between September 1991 and March 1994, The average preoperative flexion contracture of the knee joint, 25° (range, 10°
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Main subject:
Osteotomy
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Poliomyelitis
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Arthritis
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Surgical Procedures, Operative
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Congenital Abnormalities
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Tibia
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Fractures, Stress
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Ilizarov Technique
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Contracture
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Extremities
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
Year:
1995
Type:
Article
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