[Operations for lengthening the upper limbs in children and adolescents].
We report 16 cases of lengthening of the upper limb: 4 humerus, 12 ulna from 1976 to 1987. Humerus lengthening are progressive with Wagner apparatus. They gave lengthening from 7.5 to 12 cm. There were no important complication. Ulna lengthening were done in patients with multiple hereditary osteochondromes and hereditary multiple exostoses, to correct the deformities of the forearm, and prevent dislocation of the proximal radial head. Actually progressive lengthenings replace immediate ones with radial osteotomy.
Service d'Orthopédie Traumatologie Infantile, Hôpital des Enfants Malades, Paris.
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Bronfen
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Rigault
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Finidori
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Padovani
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Touzet
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D000293:Adolescent; D001852:Bone Lengthening / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus; D008297:Male; D014457:Ulna
Les opérations d'allongement du membre supérieur chez l'enfant et l'adolescent.