Research Article

Correction of complex lower extremity deformities with the use of the Ilizarov-Taylor spatial frame

Volume: 43 Number: 1 March 16, 2009
  • Metin Kucukkaya
  • Ozgur Karakoyun
  • Raffi Armagan
  • Unal Kuzgun
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Correction of complex lower extremity deformities with the use of the Ilizarov-Taylor spatial frame

Abstract

Objectives: We evaluated the effectiveness of the Taylor spatial frame (Smith & Nephew, Memphis, TN, USA) in the treatment of complex lower extremity deformities.
Methods: The Taylor spatial frame (TSF) was applied to 29 bone segments of 25 patients (12 females, 13 males; mean age 17 years). Indications for the TSF were congenital disorders (n=12), rickets (n=6), physeal injuries (n=4), stiff nonunions (n=3), malunions (n=3), and sequela from septic arthritis of the knee (n=1). Applications involved the tibia (n=15), femur (n=9), foot (n=4), and knee (n=1) with (n=24) or without (n=5) osteotomies. Following acute correction with the use of the TSF and internal osteosynthesis by plating or nailing, the fixator was removed in six cases. The chronic mode was used in six cases who underwent acute correction. The remaining deformities were gradually corrected using the “total residual mode”. The follow-up period ranged from eight months to 42 months (mean 29 months).
Results: The mean duration of external fixator was 24.5 weeks (range 18 to 37 weeks) in 13 tibial and five femoral segments. In all cases, correction was applied until the mechanical axis reached normal limits. Complete consolidation was achieved in all osteotomized segments, including three cases of nonunion. A plantigrade foot was obtained in all foot deformities. Recurrence was seen in one case in which knee contracture and subluxation were treated with soft tissue distraction without osteotomy.
Conclusion: The Taylor spatial frame is a safe and practical method with excellent results in the treatment of nonunions and deformities complicated especially by translation and rotation providing correct clinical data are derived and used.

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English

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Health Care Administration

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Research Article

Authors

Metin Kucukkaya This is me

Ozgur Karakoyun This is me

Raffi Armagan This is me

Unal Kuzgun This is me

Publication Date

March 16, 2009

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March 7, 2014

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Year 2009 Volume: 43 Number: 1

APA
Kucukkaya, M., Karakoyun, O., Armagan, R., & Kuzgun, U. (2009). Correction of complex lower extremity deformities with the use of the Ilizarov-Taylor spatial frame. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 43(1), 1-6. https://izlik.org/JA28CM96SH
AMA
1.Kucukkaya M, Karakoyun O, Armagan R, Kuzgun U. Correction of complex lower extremity deformities with the use of the Ilizarov-Taylor spatial frame. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2009;43(1):1-6. https://izlik.org/JA28CM96SH
Chicago
Kucukkaya, Metin, Ozgur Karakoyun, Raffi Armagan, and Unal Kuzgun. 2009. “Correction of Complex Lower Extremity Deformities With the Use of the Ilizarov-Taylor Spatial Frame”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 43 (1): 1-6. https://izlik.org/JA28CM96SH.
EndNote
Kucukkaya M, Karakoyun O, Armagan R, Kuzgun U (March 1, 2009) Correction of complex lower extremity deformities with the use of the Ilizarov-Taylor spatial frame. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 43 1 1–6.
IEEE
[1]M. Kucukkaya, O. Karakoyun, R. Armagan, and U. Kuzgun, “Correction of complex lower extremity deformities with the use of the Ilizarov-Taylor spatial frame”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 1–6, Mar. 2009, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA28CM96SH
ISNAD
Kucukkaya, Metin - Karakoyun, Ozgur - Armagan, Raffi - Kuzgun, Unal. “Correction of Complex Lower Extremity Deformities With the Use of the Ilizarov-Taylor Spatial Frame”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 43/1 (March 1, 2009): 1-6. https://izlik.org/JA28CM96SH.
JAMA
1.Kucukkaya M, Karakoyun O, Armagan R, Kuzgun U. Correction of complex lower extremity deformities with the use of the Ilizarov-Taylor spatial frame. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2009;43:1–6.
MLA
Kucukkaya, Metin, et al. “Correction of Complex Lower Extremity Deformities With the Use of the Ilizarov-Taylor Spatial Frame”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 43, no. 1, Mar. 2009, pp. 1-6, https://izlik.org/JA28CM96SH.
Vancouver
1.Metin Kucukkaya, Ozgur Karakoyun, Raffi Armagan, Unal Kuzgun. Correction of complex lower extremity deformities with the use of the Ilizarov-Taylor spatial frame. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica [Internet]. 2009 Mar. 1;43(1):1-6. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA28CM96SH