[The combined treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta in children]

Ortop Travmatol Protez. 1989 Dec:(12):45-8.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The authors present the results of complex drug and orthopaedic treatment of children with imperfect osteogenesis. 40 patients were treated with a somatotropic hormone, calcitrin and vitamin D metabolites (oxydevit and dihydrocholecalciferol). In 20 of these patients corrective osteotomies of the long bones of the lower extremities combined with metal osteosynthesis with rods and massive plates were performed. In a number of patients osteoplasty with long cortical allografts was made. After the treatment all the children were able to move independently either with the aid of unloading orthopaedic apparatuses (17 patients), or without them (3 patients).

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Bone Plates
  • Bone Transplantation
  • Child
  • Combined Modality Therapy / methods
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Osteogenesis Imperfecta / diagnosis
  • Osteogenesis Imperfecta / therapy*
  • Osteotomy
  • Physical Therapy Modalities / methods
  • Preoperative Care