Treatment of severe iatrogenic quadriceps retraction in children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 254-258

  Burnei, Gheorghe ^a,b   Neagoe, Petre ^a,b   Margineanu, Bogdam A ^a   Dan, Dan Daniela ^a   Bucur, Petru O ^a,c  

^a Children Hospital Marie Curie   (Romania)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c NONE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic quadriceps retraction; Infantile quadriceps retraction; Institutionalized children; Quadricepsplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IATROGENIC QUADRICEPS RETRACTION; JOINT FUNCTION; JUDET TECHNIQUE; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAYR AND THOMPSON TECHNIQUE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPSPLASTY; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CONTRACTURE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTURE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KNEE JOINT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6944250768     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpb.0000111028.02081.2e     Document Type: Article

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