Treatment of the Lower Extremity Contracture/Deformities. Issue 5 (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: van Bosse, Harold J.P.; Pontén, Eva; Wada, Akifusa; Agranovich, Olga E.; Kowalczyk, Bartłomiej; Lebel, Ehud; Şenaran, Hakan; Derevianko, Denis V.; Vavilov, Maxim A.; Petrova, Ekaterina V.; Barsukov, Dmitry B.; Batkin, Sergey F.; Eylon, Sharon; Kenis, Vladimir M.; Stepanova, Yulia V.; Buklaev, Dmitry S.; Yilmaz, Guney; Köse, Oksana; Trofimova, Svetlana I.; Durgut, Fatih
• Is Part Of: Journal of pediatric orthopaedics. Volume 37:Issue 5(2017)Supplement 1
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: arthrogryposis -- arthrogryposis multiplex congenital -- amyoplasia -- congenital contracture syndromes -- distal arthrogryposis -- hip contracture -- hip dislocation -- knee contracture -- clubfoot -- congenital vertical talus; Pediatric orthopedics -- Periodicals; 618.927
• DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000001005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0271-6798

Abstract

Abstract : Lower extremity deformities of patients with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita present a wide spectrum of severity and deformity combinations. Treatment goals range from merely ensuring comfortable seating and shoe wear, to fully independent and active ambulation, but the overarching intention is to help realize the patient's greatest potential for independence and function. Treatment of hip and knee contractures and dislocations has become more interventional, whereas treatment of foot deformities has paradoxically become much less surgical. This article synopsizes the treatment strategies presented in September 2014 in Saint Petersburg, Russia at the second international symposium on arthrogryposis.