Popliteal pterygium knee contracture: Treatment with the Ilizarov technique

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 196-201

  Solignac, N ^a   Vialle, R ^a   Thevenin Lemoine C ^a   Damsin, J P ^a  

^a ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Congenital; Ilizarov technique; Knee flexion contracture; Popliteal pterygium syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PES EQUINUS; POPLITEAL PTERYGIUM KNEE CONTRACTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCIATIC NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRODESIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACTURE; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INFANT; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349221455     PISSN: 18770568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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