Endoscopic gastrocnemius recession for treating equinus in pediatric patients

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 468, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1033-1038

  Grady, John F ^a   Kelly, Carolyn ^a  

^a Foot and Ankle Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS EQUINUS; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE RESECTION; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLINT; STRETCHING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOSCOPY; FLATFOOT; GAIT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PES EQUINUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950463135     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-009-1084-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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