[Indications for corrective operations for maintaining function in post-traumatic deformities of the distal lower leg and foot]. 1986

H Wagner

Reconstruction surgery in posttraumatic deformities in the lower leg and the foot is indicated under different aspects: restoration of function, improvement of prognosis, improvement of function and melioration of physical appearance. Technically effective surgical means are available to date, such as: metaphyseal closing and opening wedge osteotomies, diaphyseal step-cut osteotomies, diaphyseal and metaphyseal displacement osteotomies, lengthening osteotomy, external fixation, revision of infections, joint revisions, scar revisions, nerve revisions, plastic skin operations.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007869 Leg Injuries General or unspecified injuries involving the leg. Injuries, Leg,Injury, Leg,Leg Injury
D010027 Osteotomy The surgical cutting of a bone. (Dorland, 28th ed) Osteotomies
D011379 Prognosis A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D005531 Foot Deformities, Acquired Distortion or disfigurement of the foot, or a part of the foot, acquired through disease or injury after birth. Acquired Foot Deformities,Acquired Foot Deformity,Deformities, Acquired Foot,Deformity, Acquired Foot,Foot Deformity, Acquired
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D018409 Foot Injuries General or unspecified injuries involving the foot. Injuries, Foot,Turf Toe,Foot Injury,Injury, Foot,Turf Toes

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