title: [Results of surgical treatment of congenital muscle torticollis].
abstract: The article present results of the operative treatment of congenital muscular torticollis at the Department of Orthopaedics, Clinical Hospital Split from 1950 to 1995. 197 patients were operated and in 1995 50 patients responded for the follow-up. Our results confirm that the best results are obtained by open distal tenotomy of the sternocleidomastoid muscle after the first year of life. Children older than six years need bipolar tenotomy, and the results are poorer than in those operated in the first six years of life.
authors.affiliation: Odjel za orthopediju, KB Split.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maricević
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erceg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gekić
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014103:Torticollis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Nasi rezultati kirurskog lijecenja prirodenog misicńog tortikolisa.