Analysis on the results from percutaneous extensor osteotomy of the distal femur in patients with amyoplasia

Objective:to review the medical files of 19 patients with a diagnosis of amyoplasia, who underwent percutaneous extensor osteotomy of the distal femur to correct deformities in whom the knees were fixed in flexion.Methods:we analyzed 37 osteotomy procedures on 35 knees that presented an initial defo...

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Main Authors: Marcus Vinicius Moreira, André Casari Rimoldi, Solange Aoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2014-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162014000400345&lng=en&tlng=en