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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 78:1480-5 (1996)
© 1996 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

The Ilizarov Method for Correction of Complex Deformities. Psychological and Functional Outcomes*

HESHAM F. GHONEEM, M.B., B.CH., M.SC.{dagger}, JAMES G. WRIGHT, M.D., M.P.H., F.R.C.S.(C){dagger}, WILLIAM G. COLE, M.B.B.S., M.SC., PH.D., F.R.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.(C){dagger} and MERCER RANG, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.S.(C){dagger}, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA

Investigation performed at the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

We reviewed the psychological profile and functional ability of forty-five children (fifty-two extremities) who had had correction of deformities of the lower extremities with the Ilizarov method. Psychological changes were evaluated with the Post-Hospitalization Behavior Questionnaire and the Children's Depression Inventory, and the functional status was measured with the Children Health Information Service Rand Scale. The over-all satisfaction of the patient with regard to the outcome of the operation was assessed as well. The operations were performed between 1988 and 1992. The average age at the time of the operation was twelve years (range, three to eighteen years), and the average duration of follow-up was thirty-six months (range, twenty-four to seventy-two months). The lengthening index, duration of lengthening, and average number of complications were similar to those reported in other studies. All of the children had a normal psychological score, forty-two had no limitations in daily activities, and thirty-seven were satisfied with the over-all result.


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