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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1930;12:845-852.
© 1930 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

AN OPERATION FOR THE CURE OF PARALYTIC GENU RECURVATUM

LEO MAYER M.D.1

1 Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Joint Diseases

Severe grades of genu recurvatum can be successfully treated by inserting a bone graft into the upper end of the tibia. The graft, fusing with the tibia and the patella, forms a bone block which effectually prevents hyper-extension. The graft bears the same relationship to the tibia as the olecranon process to the ulna, and the operation might therefore be summarized as a conversion of the knee joint into an elbow. Great care must be taken not to maintain the overcorrected position too long, since otherwise a flexion contracture is likely to ensue.

Submitted on June 13, 1930


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