Khodzhakulov ChR, Fazlitdinov N, Sakhabutdinov G
[The surgical treatment of postburn deformities of the foot and ankle joint] [English Abstract, Journal Article]
Klin Khir 1991; (12):34-5.
The results of surgical treatment of 82 patients with postburn deformity of a foot and an ankle joint are presented. For elimination of the deformity and contracture, the tightening scars were excised, autodermoplasty of a defect was used, in severe contracture of the ankle joint, the Ilizarov's apparatus was applied, trophic ulcers of a stump of the foot were closed by means of a migrating Filatov's graft. In 80.5% of the patients, a contracture was eliminated, the weight-bearing function of a foot improved.
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