Clubfoot malformation is the most common serious congenital anomaly affecting the foot in children. Its treatment by the Ponseti method is simple, profitable and widely used in the world. Objective: The objective of t...
Introduction: Varus equine foot deformity is common in developing countries. The management of these deformities is surgical in adults. Several surgical techniques have been described with more or less satisfactory re...
BACKGROUND There appears to be a close relationship between deformities at the knee joint and at the hindfoot in patients with knee osteoarthritis(OA).Despite this intrinsic link,there is a dearth of studies investiga...
This study was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81702964);the Co-building Major Project of Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission and the Chinese National Health Commission(No.WKJ2014-2-002).
Ankle arthritis is a disease characterized by degeneration of articular cartilage,which is always accompanied with pain,decreased mobility,and varus deformity.Supramalleolar osteotomy is a reliable techniques in the t...
Children presenting with partial physeal arrest and significant remaining growth may benefit from physeal bar resection,although the operation is a technique demanding procedure.This study evaluates the treatment of p...
Background: Biplanar medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (MOWHTO) is a treatment method that allows adequate correction of symptomatic varus knee deformity. However, MOWHTO tends to decrease patellar height and...
Aim: To introduce and characterize the modified biplanar opening high tibial osteotomy with rigid fixation to treat unicompartmental knee arthritis with varus deformity in active lifestyle patients. Patients and Metho...
supported by a grant from the Shandong Science and Technology Development Plan Project in China,No.2012YD18031
No recommended guidelines currently exist for the therapeutic concentration or dose of botulinum toxin type A (BTXA) injected into the muscle to treat limb spasticity. Therefore, in this randomized controlled trial,...
In most cases of arthritic varus knees, stepwise osteophytes removal and medial soft tissue release could achieve satisfactory soft tissue balance during total knee arthroplasty. However, in some severe cases, convent...
Bone marrow lesions (BMLs) on magnetic resonance (MR) images in knee osteoarthritis patients are considered to predict the severity and progression of the disease. We evaluated the histological findings of BMLs on MR ...