Totally Absorbable Screws in Fixation of Subtalar Extra Articular Arthrodesis in Children with Spastic Neuromuscular Disease
| Autor: | P. Ylinen, Heikkilä Jt, E. A. Mäkelä, Jyrki Vainio, Merikanto J, P. Törmälä, Esa K. Partio, Rokkanen P |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty Neuromuscular disease business.industry Arthrodesis medicine.medical_treatment General Medicine equipment and supplies musculoskeletal system medicine.disease Surgery body regions Fixation (surgical) Preliminary report Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Deformity Spastic Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Functional status medicine.symptom business Prospective cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 12:646-650 |
| ISSN: | 0271-6798 |
| Popis: | Seven patients with spastic neuromuscular disease and severe hindfoot valgus deformity were treated by subtalar arthrodesis. Arthrodesis was performed in both feet at the same operation and fixed on one side with a self-reinforced poly-L-lactide (SR-PLLA) screw, and with a standard AO screw on the other side. The functional status state was improved, and radiographic union of the arthrodesis occurred in all feet. The radiograph showed better solid fusion in five feet treated with PLLA screws, similar fusion in both sides in one patient, and one slower fusion in the side treated initially with a PLLA screw. Totally absorbable SR-PLLA screws appear to be firm enough for fixation of subtalar extraarticular arthrodesis in children. |
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