Surgical treatment of spastic equino-varus deformity.

Spastic equino-varus deformity is one of more frequent deformation detected in cerebral palsy. Between 1994 and 2000, 45 feet in 34 patient were treated by split posterior tibial transfer to peroneus brevis combined with an Achilles tendon lengthening or gastrocnemius recession described by Vulpius. The average time interval from the surgical treatment to follow up was 3 (1/2) years (range 4-96 months).

An evaluation of surgical outcomes in luxation and subluxation of the hip joint in children with cerebral palsy.

The goal of this work is to evaluate the suitability of the surgical operations used in severe forms of cerebral palsy with luxation or subluxation of the hips. The research involved 32 children with cerebral palsy and subluxation or luxation of the hip joint. 28 of these children had a severe form of quadriplega, and 4 had diplegia.

[Congenital antero-lateral bow of the tibia--description of three cases].

Three cases of antero-lateral bow of the tibia has been presented, all of them had fracture of the tibia during observation. Age of patients varied from 1 to 4 years. In all cases the method of Ilizarov was used for axis correction.

The importance of densitometric testing in the evaluation of regenerated bone during long bone lengthening by the Ilizarov method.

Background. Lengthening a long bone by cutting it surgically and then stretching it a process laden with numerous complications. Among the greatest threats is surely the insufficient support strength of the lengthening limb due to inadequate calcification of the newly generated bone tissue.