Arthroscopic synovectomies combined with reduced weight-bearing using patella tendon-bearing braces were very effective for progressed haemophilic ankle arthropathy in three paediatric patients

Haemophilia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 833-836

  Tanaka, Yasuhito ^a   Shinohara, Y ^a   Narikawa, K ^a   Kumai, T ^a   Takakura, Y ^a   Sakurai, Y ^a   Tanaka, I ^a   Shima, M ^a   Yoshioka, A ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 CONCENTRATE;

ARTHROPATHY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MALE; PAIN; PATELLA TENDON; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVECTOMY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROSCOPY; BRACES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEMARTHROSIS; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 65449139437     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: 13652516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2009.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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