Effect on Knee Flexion of a Modification to the Surgical Technique of Pin Placement during Femoral Lengthening

H Simpson, Karen Barker

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Abstract

Loss of knee movement is a common problem in femoral lengthening. Two groups of 10 children were compared: one group lengthened by the Ilizarov technique using a standard method and one group in whom the technique was modified to incorporate a different method for determining the pin placement. Loss of knee flexion was compared between the two groups. A significant difference in the total loss of flexion (
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)307-312
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. Part B
Volume11
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2002

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