The unstable knee in congenital limb deficiency
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The unstable knee in congenital limb deficiency
PURPOSE Instability of the knee is a common finding in patients with congenital limb deficiency. The instability can be attributed to soft tissue abnormalities, frontal, sagittal or rotational deformity of the lower limb and bony dysplasia of the patella or of the femoral condyles. In most of the cases, these pathomorphologic changes stay asymptomatic in daily activity. However, instability can...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Children's Orthopaedics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1863-2521,1863-2548
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-016-0784-y