The Ilizarov apparatus for treatment of melorheostosis : case report and review of the literature

Traditional conservative and surgical methods of treatment of melorheostosis, such as manipulations, plaster casts, soft-tissue releases, capsulotomies, and osteotomies cause a high recurrence rate. In a 12-year-old girl, flexion contracture of a knee with limb inequality caused by melorheostosis wa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical orthopaedics and related research 1992-08, Vol.281 (281), p.163-167
Hauptverfasser:	ATAR, D, LEHMAN, W. B, GRANT, A. D, STRONGWATER, A. M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Bone Lengthening - instrumentation Bone Lengthening - methods Bone Wires Child Contracture - therapy Diagnostic Errors Diseases of the osteoarticular system Equipment Design External Fixators Female Humans Knee Joint - diagnostic imaging Malformations and congenital and or hereditary diseases involving bones. Joint deformations Medical sciences Melorheostosis - diagnostic imaging Melorheostosis - therapy Radiography
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Zusammenfassung:	Traditional conservative and surgical methods of treatment of melorheostosis, such as manipulations, plaster casts, soft-tissue releases, capsulotomies, and osteotomies cause a high recurrence rate. In a 12-year-old girl, flexion contracture of a knee with limb inequality caused by melorheostosis was corrected successfully with the Ilizarov distraction apparatus.
ISSN:	0009-921X 1528-1132
DOI:	10.1097/00003086-199208000-00027