©2005 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery doi:10.1302/0301-620X.87B2. 15874 $2.00 J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2005;87-B:142-50. Historically, because of the problems involved in initial limb salvage and the subsequent difficulty of reconstructing large skeletal defects many fractures with significant bone loss were treated by primary amputation. Modern techniques of fracture stabilis...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Few studies have been concerned with the patient's perception of the outcome of limb lengthening. We describe the psychological and social functioning after at least 2 years of follow-up in patients who had had a leg length discrepancy and who had undergone an Ilizarov limb lengthening procedure. PATIENTS AND METHODS Self-esteem and perceived competence were measured in...

Complex tibial deformities imply simultaneous correction of varus deformity and internal rotation of the tibia, axis realignment, restoration of joint surface congruity and treatment and prevention of limb length discrepancy. Four patients were treated in our department using the single-cut osteotomy described by Paley. Osteosynthesis was achieved by an external fixator in two cases, K-wires in...

Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) following median nerve stimulation of 25 medical students were recorded along with their height, age and upper limb length. Three major positive and negative peaks were recorded. P1 (16 msec), N1 (20 msec), P2 (28 msec), N2 (33 msec), P3 (43 msec), N3 (50 msec). Significant correlation (P value < 0.05) of N1 and P1 with height and limb length was observed....

INTRODUCTION Several clinical and radiological techniques have been described to assess lower limb length and angle measurements. None of them has yet met the ideal criteria for a reliable, reproducible, safe, and inexpensive system. In this context, a new biplanar X-ray system (EOS™, EOS imaging, Paris, France) makes it possible to obtain a 3D reconstruction of the lower extremities from two 2...

Fracture of the residual limb in an amputee is uncommon. Intertrochanteric fractures of patients who had lower limb amputation have been studied only in several case reports; however clinical studies are lacking. We performed a retrospective clinical study to assess if these patients could return to their pre-fracture activity level after dynamic hip screw (DHS) fixation of their intertrochante...