title: The Ilizarov apparatus for treatment of melorheostosis. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Traditional conservative and surgical methods of treatment of melorheostosis, such as manipulations, plaster casts, soft-tissue releases, capsulotomies, and osteotomies cause a high recurrence rate. In a 12-year-old girl, flexion contracture of a knee with limb inequality caused by melorheostosis was corrected successfully with the Ilizarov distraction apparatus.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopedic Institute, New York, New York 10003.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Atar
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Lehman
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Strongwater
mesh_terms: D001852:Bone Lengthening / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001864:Bone Wires; D002648:Child; D003286:Contracture / Q000628:therapy*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004867:Equipment Design; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008557:Melorheostosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography