Isolated ischaemic contracture of medial head of gastrocnemius.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1007/s00167-011-1839-8.
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Abstract
A 47-year-old woman presented with a disabling fixed flexion deformity of the knee and an equinus deformity of the ankle following treatment in a cast for a minor flexion deformity following a tibial plateau fracture. Two years later, the cause was identified as an isolated ischaemic contracture involving the medial head of gastrocnemius. She made a good recovery following extensive corrective surgery and rehabilitation.
Medical subject headings
- Contracture
- Ischemia
- Muscle, Skeletal