Injection fibrosis in the quadriceps femoris muscle in children.
Fifty cases of quadriceps contracture in thirty-seven children were studied. All of the children had had intramuscular injections into the thigh. All were treated by operative elongation of the quadriceps muscles. The results of the operation were good in thirty cases, fair in eleven, and poor in nine.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D013848:Thigh