Supracondylar femoral osteotomy for knee flexion contracture resulting from poliomyelitis
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Supracondylar femoral osteotomy for knee flexion contracture resulting from poliomyelitis.
Supracondylar femoral osteotomy was performed on 82 patients between 8 and 25 years of age to correct knee flexion contractures of 15 to 95 degrees resulting from poliomyelitis. Seven who could not walk before the osteotomy could do so afterwards and 21 out of22 patients were cured ofa hand-knee gait. Thirty-four of53 who walked with a caliper were able to discard it. Residual flexion contractu...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.64b2.7068740