A critical review of the surgical treatment of congenital proximal radio-ulnar synostosis.
Twenty-two patients for a total of 26 synostoses submitted to surgical treatment at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute were evaluated. Following a critical analysis of the results obtained with various methods of surgical correction, the authors propose what they believe to be the best types of treatment for this rare deformity.
Dal Monte
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Fourth Paediatric Orthopaedic Division, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna.
Andrisano
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Mignani
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Bungaro
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D011403:Pronation; D011884:Radius / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013580:Synostosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014457:Ulna / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery