What is it about?
The purpose of this study is to confirm the diagnostic value of radiography in precise detection of bone parameters in various lengthening or correction stages in patients treated by limb lengthening and deformity correction.
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Why is it important?
The differences between the presence of all radiographic bone parameters in different stages of new bone formation are found to be statistically signficant in both groups separately, especially the presence of the cortical margin in the first group. The comparative analysis between the two groups presents a statistically significant difference on the presence of initial bone elements and cystic formations only in the first stage. Almost no statistical significance in the differences between both groups of patients on presence of 3 radiographic parameters in 3 stages of new bone formation, indicates a minor influence of the etiopathogenetic background on the new bone formation in patients treated by gradual lengthening or correction of limb deformities.
Perspectives
Analysis of radiographic bone parameters can be an introduction in a larger monitoring process of new bone formation in patients treated with gradual limb lengthening and correction of limb deformities which would include simultaneous use of other diagnostic methods, such as ultrasonography, densitometry etc. It all means a significant contribution in the dynamics of surgical correction and in the right decision considering the time of removal of the external frame and enabling a full unprotected weight bearing of the lengthened limb..
Nenad Atanasov
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This page is a summary of: Analysis of Radiographic Bone Parameters Throughout the Surgical Lengthening and Deformity Correction of Extremities, PRILOZI, January 2015, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/prilozi-2015-0022.
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