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Results of Femoral Elongation Treatment Using Electromagnetic Intramedullary Nail. Preliminary Report. 2020

Ryszard Tomaszewski, and Łukasz Wiktor, and Jacek Kler, and Karol Pethe, and Artur Gap
Górnośląskie Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka, oddział urazowo-ortopedyczny, Katowice-Ligota, Polsa / Upper Silesian Children's Health Centre, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Katowice-Ligota, Poland.

BACKGROUND Surgical correction of lower limb discrepancy in children poses a significant clinical problem. The aim of this paper is to present our experience with the PRECICE electromagnetic intramedullary nail. METHODS The study group consisted of 5 patients (2 girls; 3 boys) aged 11.5 to 18 years (mean age 16.3) treated for lower limb discrepancy by femoral lengthening using the PRECICE nail intramedullary system. Average discrepancy was 63 mm (range: 45-74.5 mm). RESULTS Femoral lengthening was successful in all patients. The femur was lengthened by a mean of 49 mm (range: 40-58 mm). A knee flexion contracture of about 10° occurred in one patient. CONCLUSIONS 1. Femoral lengthening in children poses a therapeutic challenge. 2. The PRECICE intrame-dullary nail system helps reduce complications and increases patient comfort.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007870 Leg Length Inequality A condition in which one of a pair of legs fails to grow as long as the other, which could result from injury or surgery. Inequalities, Leg Length,Inequality, Leg Length,Leg Length Inequalities,Length Inequalities, Leg,Length Inequality, Leg
D008297 Male Males
D001852 Bone Lengthening Increase in the longest dimension of a bone to correct anatomical deficiencies, congenital, traumatic, or as a result of disease. The lengthening is not restricted to long bones. The usual surgical methods are internal fixation and distraction. Lengthening, Bone
D001858 Bone Nails Rods of bone, metal, or other material used for fixation of the fragments or ends of fractured bones. Bone Pins,Bone Nail,Bone Pin,Nail, Bone,Nails, Bone,Pin, Bone,Pins, Bone
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D005260 Female Females
D005269 Femur The longest and largest bone of the skeleton, it is situated between the hip and the knee. Trochanter,Greater Trochanter,Lesser Trochanter,Femurs,Greater Trochanters,Lesser Trochanters,Trochanter, Greater,Trochanter, Lesser,Trochanters,Trochanters, Greater,Trochanters, Lesser
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective

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