FLEXION CONTRACTURES OF THE KNEE

The treatment of flexion contractures of the knee in poliomyelitis.

In some parts of the world poliomyelitis is still endemic and there are thousands of young people with joint contractures (Fig. 1). These most commonly occur at the knee, and the aim of treatment must be a straight knee with a useful range of painless flexion so that a hinged caliper can be worn. This paper reports experience in correcting flexion contractures of the knee following poliomyeliti...

The management of knee flexion contractures in haemophilia: brief report.

VOL. 71-B, No. 2, MARCH 1989 repair of the annular ligament difficult and hinder rotation of the forearm. Postoperatively, the elbow is rested in a long-arm plaster slab until the drain is removed. A long-arm hinged brace is then applied ; this allows free pronation and supination as well as elbow flexion from 30 to 90#{176}. At the end of the fourth week, full elbow movement is allowed and the...

Hypertension after surgical release for flexion contractures of the knee.

We reviewed retrospectively 94 patients who had undergone soft-tissue release to correct flexion contracture of the knee to determine the incidence of postoperative hypertension. The cause of contracture in most patients was cerebral palsy (45) or old poliomyelitis (39). Twenty patients developed persistent hypertension. Two of them were symptomatic, one developing hypertensive encephalopathy. ...

Surgical release of knee flexion contractures in myelomeningocele.

We report the results of a prospective study of the surgical release of 45 knee flexion contractures in 28 patients with myelomeningocele. The neurosegmental level was thoracic in ten patients, L1/2 in one, L3/4 in 11, and L5/S1 in six. In walkers the indication for surgery was a fixed flexion contracture impeding walking, and in non-walking patients it was a flexion contracture impeding transf...

Perforator Plus Fasciocutaneous Flaps in the Reconstruction of Post-Burn Flexion Contractures of the Knee Joint