1. Femoral derotation osteotomy in children with cerebral palsy using the pediatric proximal femoral nail.
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Sarikaya İA, Erdal OA, Şeker A, Görgün B, and İnan M
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- Adolescent, Cerebral Palsy physiopathology, Child, Female, Femur diagnostic imaging, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Prosthesis Design, Radiography, Retrospective Studies, Time Factors, Bone Nails, Cerebral Palsy surgery, Femur surgery, Gait physiology, Osteotomy methods
- Abstract
We designed a pediatric proximal femoral nail (PPFN) to overcome fixation method-related complications when performing femoral derotation osteotomy in cerebral palsy patients. Preliminary results of cerebral palsy patients who underwent femoral derotation osteotomy fixed using PPFN to treat in-toeing were evaluated. Sixteen patients with a mean age of 10 years were included. Mean follow-up duration was 36 months. There was no significant difference in the follow-up neck-shaft angle and articulotrochanteric distance values (P = 0.2 and 0.3). PPFN provides stable fixation, early weight-bearing, reduces soft-tissue disruption while limiting the complications due to fixation technique.
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- 2020
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