ArticleThe open orthopaedics journal2011
Supracondylar osteotomies of posttraumatic distal humeral deformities in young adults - technique and results.
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- Translation step-cut osteotomy for posttraumatic Cubitus Varus in adults: a retrospective study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Trial
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- Locking plate versus K-wires and cast fixation in lateral closing-wedge osteotomy for cubitus varus deformity.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Preoperative simulated surgery on 3D model assists osteotomy feasibility verification and surgical guidance for patients with cubitus valgus/varus deformity: a retrospective observational study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Observational
- [Corrective osteotomies around the elbow in childhood and adolescence : Indications and techniques for posttraumatic deformities].Der Unfallchirurg · 2019Review
- [Dual-planar osteotomy and lateral column anatomic locking plate fixation in the treatment of adult cubitus varus deformity].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2017Article
- [Treatment of posttraumatic cubitus varus in children and adolescents. Supracondylar humeral osteotomy using radial external fixation].Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie · 2015Article
- Increased incidence of distal humeral fractures and surgical treatment in 0- to 18-year-old patients treated in Finland from 1987 to 2010.Journal of children's orthopaedics · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundCubitus varus deformity is the most common late complication after distal humeral fractures in children. Typical symptoms are increasing instability especially the posterolateral rotatory instability (POLRI), lateral elbow pain and cosmetic problems. Different ways of correction have been described but a gold standard has not yet been established.
methodsIn this study the clinical outcome 6,5 months after supracondylar closed wedge osteotomy stabilized with locking plates in four young adults was investigated: three with a posttraumatic varus deformity and one with a posttraumatic valgus deformity of the distal humerus.
resultsAll patients showed good or excellent results in the Mayo Elbow Performance Score (MEPS) and the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand score (DASH). In one case, a revision because of a delayed union was necessary, in another case a preexisting pseudarthrosis of the radial epicondyle remained. Neither a residual instability of the elbow joint, nor any significant prominence of the lateral epicondyle was observed.
conclusionThe supracondylar closed wedge osteotomy stabilized by a locking plate is an effective procedure for the correction of posttraumatic distal humerus deformities in young adults with good final functional results.
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