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Short-term experience with Ponseti casting and the Achilles tenotomy method for clubfeet treatment in arthrogryposis multiplex congenita.

J Child Orthop

October 2008

The Paediatric Orthopaedic Department, University Children's Hospital of Krakow, Jagiellonian University, Wielicka St. 265, 30-663, Kraków, Poland,

Purpose: This study presents our experience with the Ponseti method of manipulation and casting followed by Achilles tenotomy (AT) in children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC).

Methods: Five children (ten feet) were followed for at least 24 months after the AT and are the cohort for this study. Their mean age at follow-up was 38.

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Interferon-alpha in the treatment of high-risk haemangiomas in infants.

Eur J Pediatr Surg

February 2005

Department of Paediatric Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, University Children's Hospital of Kraków, Kraków, Poland.

Background: Haemangiomas are benign tumours that may occasionally compress vital structures, or cause consumptive coagulopathy and heart failure. We describe our recent experience with interferon-alpha as a treatment modality for high-risk haemangiomas.

Patients And Methods: Eight children with high-risk haemangiomas were treated with interferon-alpha, six of which had failed previous steroid therapy.

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