title: A critical review of the surgical treatment of congenital proximal radio-ulnar synostosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Fourth Paediatric Orthopaedic Division, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dal Monte
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andrisano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mignani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bungaro
mesh_terms: 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