Conservative treatment of Charcot artroparthy in a series of spina bifida patients: The experience of one center and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 373-379

  Yalcin, Selim ^a   Kocaoglu, Baris ^a   Berker, Nadire ^a   Erol, Bulent ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Charcot arthropathy; Conservative treatment; Patellar tendon bearing ankle foot orthesis; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT ORTHOSIS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; BRACES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548453570     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpb.0000218029.81395.95     Document Type: Article

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