Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

Poster
Topic: General Orthopaedics
Abstract number: 24327
TREATMENT OF UPPER LIMB DEFORMITIES WITH EXTERNAL FIXATION
Ghassan SALAMEH
Head of Center for Lengthening and Reconstruction, Damascus (SYRIA)
For treatment of upper limb deformity and lengthening a modified special external
hinge distraction system has been developed, which allows the combined Treatment
of congenital and acquired complex deformities of the upper limbs. Since 1995 to
2008 this new system was used in 85 patients with deferent indications in the upper
limbs they presented with upper limb length discrepancies and axial deviations and
deformities. The hinges where used are modified system of /SLDF1; Salamehfix
/which had the PCT. Results: The used hinge system allows multiplanr corrections,
deferent size of used arcs makes it more suitable in shape and allows joint
movements freely, the insertion of wires and pens in a nearly right angels makes the
fixation more stable in addition to insertion in a minor painful regions makes it more
tolerable, good correction and x-ray control is easy. CONCLUSION: The new
developed hinges are easy to use and allow the treatment of complex deformities of
the upper limbs.
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