Open AccessStaged Treatment of Osteochondrodysplasias in Children
Author(s) -
A. L. Berezhniy,
M V Volkov,
А. И. Снетков,
V. L. Kotov,
Л. К. Михайлова,
A. S. Samkov,
V. V. Banakov,
V. A. Morgun,
А. А. Очкуренко,
R. B. Frantov
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
vestnik travmatologii i ortopedii imeni n.n. priorova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-6738
pISSN - 0869-8678
DOI - 10.17816/vto103823
Subject(s) - medicine , deformity , psychological intervention , surgery , surgical procedures , general surgery , nursing
The study has been based on the experience of treatment of 1371 patients with various forms of osteochon- drodysplasias. Progredient pattern of the majority of oste- ochondrodysplasias development required the planning of complex management from the birth up to the age of 16 years. Conservative management preceding surgical procedures included the following steps: prevention, correction of deformity, treatment of complications, medicine therapy. Surgical management was multi-staged, the number of operations was stipulated by the rate of inevitable relapses of deformities, arthrosis development. Original techniques of surgical interventions were elaborated for every form of osteochondrodysplasias, first of all epiphyseal ones.