title: Quadricepsplasty: a review, case presentations, and discussion.
abstract: The operation of quadricepsplasty as described by T. C. Thompson, if followed by satisfactory after-treatment, can be expected to lead to a substantial gain of knee motion in patients who have fibrous ankylosis of the knee.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009038:Motion; D009132:Muscles / Q000601:surgery*