Functional Evaluation Following Rotationplasty
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Functional Evaluation Following Rotationplasty, WALID A. EBEID, AHMED N. EL-GHONIMY, WESSAM G. ABO SENNA and AHMED S.M. HAMED
Abstract
Background: Rotationplasty is a procedure aiming that the patients function will approximate the function of subjects with below knee amputation with a fully functional knee joint.
Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the func-tional outcome of rotationplasty.
Patients and Methods: We used the musculoskeletal tumour society (MSTS) score including evaluation of pain, function, emotional acceptance, need of support, walking and gait components in 28 children who had rotationplasty oper-ations after 12 months of wearing the prosthesis.
Results: This study revealed that these patients achieved a good MSTS score with an average of 24.6/30.
Conclusion: Rotationplasty is physically and psycholog-ically a good procedure in children having malignant lower limb tumours.