MYELOMENINGOCELE AT THE SACRAL LEVEL - LONG-TERM OUTCOMES IN ADULTS
MYELOMENINGOCELE AT THE SACRAL LEVEL - LONG-TERM OUTCOMES IN ADULTS
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DOI:
10.2106/00004623-199409000-00003
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发表时间:
1994-09-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
RICE, JC
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作者:
BRINKER, MR;ROSENFELD, SR;RICE, JC
We reviewed the long-term outcome of thirty-six patients who had a myelomeningocele at the sacral level and whose average age was twenty-nine years (range, nineteen to fifty-one years). The patients we:re followed at our institution for an average of ten years (range, one to thirty-three years); however, the medical records from birth on were available for all of the patients. Instead of the expected outcome that function had been maintained in this group of patients, we found a decline in the ability to walk of eleven of the thirty-five patients,who had been community ambulators initially. At the time of the most recent follow-up examination, five had become household ambulators, two were non-functional ambulators, and four were non-ambulators. The one patient who initially had been a household ambulator was a non-ambulator at the time of the most recent follow-up examination.By the most recent follow-up examination, thirty-three patients had had a total of 371 orthopaedic procedures. The procedures included tendinous procedures; osteotomies; soft-tissue releases, transfers, and debridements; amputations; and arthrodeses of the lower extremities or spine.A decrease in plantar flexion was found in fourteen patients and a decrease in plantar sensation, in fifteen. Breakdown of the skin and soft-tissue infections on the plantar surface of the metatarsal heads and of the heel were seen in twenty-seven and twenty-three patients, respectively, and were related to the absence of plantar sensation. Fifteen patients had osteomyelitis involving the lower extremity. Eleven patients had had a total of fourteen amputations: five involved one toe or more, four involved one ray or more, two were Syme amputations, and three were below-the-knee amputations.