Correction of Multiplanar Deformities Around the Knee With Monolateral External Fixator
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Deformities Around the Knee in Pedietrics
- Sponsor
- Sohag University
- Enrollment
- 20
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Thoresen scoring system
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Angular deformities around the knee are one of the common cause of presentation at pediatric orthopedic clinic. Although these conditions are commonly benign and self-limiting.
The mechanical axis of the lower extremity is a straight line extending from the center of the femoral head to the center of the ankle. The horizontal distance in millimeters from the center of the knee joint to the mechanical axis is the deviation of the mechanical axis.
The goal of treatment is to correct malalignment of the lower extremity and perhaps to prevent or delay the onset of osteoarthritis by normalizing the mechanical axis
Investigators
mohamed mahmoud eldeeb
resident doctor at othopedic surgery department
Sohag University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Genu valgus having tibio-femoral angle more than 15 degrees.
- •Genu varus having metaphyseal-diaphyseal angle of more than 11 degrees
- •More than one plane defirmity
- •Age 10 - 16 yrs
- •Range of motion:
- •Full extension
- •More than 100 in flextion
Exclusion Criteria
- •Genu recurvatum.
- •Flexion deformity.
- •Pathological conditions (e.g: bone softening diseases
- •Dysplasia
- •Limb length discrepancy
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Thoresen scoring system
Time Frame: one year
* Malaligment varus/valgus procurvatum/retrocurvatum internal/external rotation * Range of motion flextion extension deficit pain and swelling