Objective: To explore the surgical method and clinical curative effect of Ilizarov technique combined with limited surgical treatment for neurotrophic malnutrition equinovarus accompanied with weight-bearing area ulcer.
Methods: From July 2004 to December 2011, 21 cases of neurological disorders equinovarus with skin ulcer in weight-bearing area were treated including 14 males and 7 females with an average age of 21.3 years old ranging from 8 to 32 years.
Objective: To study surgical strategies for ankle and foot deformities secondary to spina bifida and treatment methods for different types of deformities.
Methods: From January 1990 and July 2009, 107 patients with ankle and foot deformities secondary to spina bifida were retrospectively analyzed. There were 44 males and 63 females, with an average age of 17.
Objective: To study therapeutic effects of limited internal fixation combined with external fixation in the treatment of deformity of distal end of femur, as well as to explore its effect on the function of knee joint.
Methods: From June 2004 to June 2009, 38 patients with deformity of distal end of femur were treated with osteotomy at femoral supracondylar and internalfixation combined with hybrid external fixator. Among the patients, 19 patients were male and 19 patients were female, ranging in age from 14 to 58 years, with an average of 26 years.
Objective: To study the methods and effects of Ilizarov distraction technique in treating the flexion deformity of the knee of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita.
Methods: Between August 1998 and February 2003, 6 patients (10 knees) with the arthrogryposis multiplex congenita were treated, 4 patients in double knees, 5 males, 1 female, mean age 8 years and 2 months, ranged from 3 years and 7 months to 13 years. The preoperative flexion degree was averagely 51 degrees.