The Ilizarov apparatus for treatment of melorheostosis. Case report and review of the literature.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Lengthening
- Contracture
- External Fixators
- Knee Joint
- Melorheostosis
Anatomy
- knee