title: [Dynamics of echomorphometric human crural skin characteristics during dosed stretching].
abstract: The dynamics of echo-morphometric parameters of crural skin was studied in patients with congenital shortening of lower extremity in the process of its operative elongation. It is demonstrated that dosed stretch results in increased skin thickness. After the completion of distraction, the skin thickness exceed preoperation levels by 48.7% (in patients aged 5-8 years), 20.9% (in patients aged 10-14 years) and 26.7% (in adults). Skin acoustic density after distraction termination reached the preoperation level in children and adolescents, while it was increased in adults.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Extremities Correction and Elongation, Laboratory of Functional Studies, G.I. Ilisarov Russian Scientific Center Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics, Kurgan.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Popkov
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Grebeniuk
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Popkov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D018889:Ilizarov Technique; D007866:Leg; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012867:Skin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography