Staple fixation of osteotomy for cubitus varus. A simple technique used in 11 children.
Eleven children with a persistent varus deformity of 15 degrees or more were operated on with a supracondylar lateral closing-wedge osteotomy. The osteotomy was stabilized with a staple after predrilling for the legs of the staple. No displacement occurred in the osteotomy. The results were excellent in all the cases.
Danielsson
L G
LG
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University.
Hussein
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S
el-Haddad
I
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Gupta
R P
RP
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D013528:Surgical Staplers