title: Non-operative treatment of flexion contracture of the knee in haemophilia.
abstract: For the non-operative treatment of flexion contracture of the haemophilic knee we have used serial casting and wedging in 58 patients, and extension/de-subluxation orthoses in 13 patients. On average it was possible to achieve -5 degrees of extension by 4 weeks, with only a little improvement in the following 4 weeks. The short--to medium-term results using either the extension/de-subluxation hinges or serial casting were similar. Both methods have been shown to result in significant improvement in joint contracture.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Unit, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Caracas, Venezuela.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Palazzi
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Battistella
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000503:physiopathology; D009989:Orthotic Devices