Knee flexion contractures in myelodysplasia.
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Nunley, JA; Sperduto, PW
Published in: South Med J
July 1986
From 1976 to 1982, 12 children with myelodysplasia had surgery at our institution for knee flexion contractures (21 affected knees). Follow-up was a minimum of 18 months and averaged 47 months. Soft tissue lengthening of the hamstring tendons and release of the posterior capsule with or without femoral osteotomy yielded uniformly excellent results; femoral osteotomy alone produced 40% unsatisfactory results. Based on these data, we no longer recommend osteotomy alone as an effective treatment for fixed knee flexion contractures in children with myelodysplasia.
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South Med J
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ISSN
0038-4348
Publication Date
July 1986
Volume
79
Issue
7
Start / End Page
818 / 821
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Retrospective Studies
- Osteotomy
- Neural Tube Defects
- Methods
- Meningomyelocele
- Male
- Knee Joint
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Follow-Up Studies
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Nunley, J. A., & Sperduto, P. W. (1986). Knee flexion contractures in myelodysplasia. South Med J, 79(7), 818–821. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198607000-00009
Nunley, J. A., and P. W. Sperduto. “Knee flexion contractures in myelodysplasia.” South Med J 79, no. 7 (July 1986): 818–21. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198607000-00009.
Nunley JA, Sperduto PW. Knee flexion contractures in myelodysplasia. South Med J. 1986 Jul;79(7):818–21.
Nunley, J. A., and P. W. Sperduto. “Knee flexion contractures in myelodysplasia.” South Med J, vol. 79, no. 7, July 1986, pp. 818–21. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00007611-198607000-00009.
Nunley JA, Sperduto PW. Knee flexion contractures in myelodysplasia. South Med J. 1986 Jul;79(7):818–821.
Published In
South Med J
DOI
ISSN
0038-4348
Publication Date
July 1986
Volume
79
Issue
7
Start / End Page
818 / 821
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Retrospective Studies
- Osteotomy
- Neural Tube Defects
- Methods
- Meningomyelocele
- Male
- Knee Joint
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Follow-Up Studies