Preliminary results of 97 percutaneous gastrocnemius muscular lengthening operations in neurologically healthy children with an equinus contracture

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 160-163

  Van Bemmel, Annelies F ^a   Van den Bekerom, Michel P J ^a   Verhart, Jeanette ^a   Vergroesen, Diederik A ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gastrocnemius contracture; Percutaneous gastrocnemius muscular lengthening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE DORSIFLEXION; ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT MALFORMATION; GASTROCNEMIUS EQUINUS CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCULAR LENGTHENING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864524488     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: 14609584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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