Supracondylar Extension osteotomy for Knee Flexion Contracture by the Ilizarov Technique
10.4055/jkoa.1995.30.5.1260
- Author:
Chil Soo KWON
;
Yong Uck KIM
;
Byung Hyun JUNG
;
Tae Seong HUH
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Poliomyelitis;
Flexion Contracture;
Supracondylar Femoral osteotomy;
Ilizarov
- MeSH:
Arthritis;
Congenital Abnormalities;
Contracture;
Extremities;
Fractures, Stress;
Hip Joint;
Humans;
Ilizarov Technique;
Knee Joint;
Knee;
Leg;
Methods;
Osteotomy;
Poliomyelitis;
Surgical Procedures, Operative;
Tibia
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1995;30(5):1260-1266
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
In patients with the sequele of poliomyelitis, pyogenic or tuberculous arthritis, or trauma, flexion contracture of the knee could be developed and many difficult problems would be met in treating them. Ilizarov suggested the method of gradual correction of deformities of bone after corticotomy-osteo- clasis, combined with gradual elongation of the shortened soft tissues, and the flexion contracture of knee & limb length discrepancy could be corrected simultaneously or sequentially following a sigle operative procedure. The authors have treated 25 patients with flexion contracture of the knee joint by the principle of Ilizarov treatment at the Sang Gye Paik Hospital between September 1991 and March 1994, The average preoperative flexion contracture of the knee joint, 25° (range, 10°
