Dome osteotomy for posttraumatic cubitus varus: A surgical technique to avoid lateral condylar prominence

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-66

  Pankaj, Amite ^a   Dua, Aman ^a   Malhotra, Rajesh ^a   Bhan, Surya ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cubitus varus; Deformity; Dome osteotomy; Lateral closing wedge osteotomy; Lateral condylar prominence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CUBITUS VARUS; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; NEURAPRAXIA; OSTEOTOMY; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARUS DEFORMITY; ARTHROPATHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISLOCATION; ELBOW; FRACTURE HEALING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644870553     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000189008.62798.70     Document Type: Article

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