Interstate medical journal . PlG. I. Poliomyelitis anterior. Left lower extremity alone involved. Atrophy,shortening, equinus, causing lateral deviation of spine. Treatment. Arthrodesis, tenotomy of tendo Aehillis, apparatus with heightened soleto compensate for shortening. Result. Disappearance of spinal curve. Marked improvement in gMit and abilityto Pig. II. Poliomyelitis anterior. Both lowerextremities involved. Flexion of thighs. Quad-rupedal gait Treatment. Arthrodesis both ankle of both sartorius muscles intothe paralyzed quadriceps tendons. Division ofcon
Interstate medical journal . PlG. I. Poliomyelitis anterior. Left lower extremity alone involved. Atrophy,shortening, equinus, causing lateral deviation of spine. Treatment. Arthrodesis, tenotomy of tendo Aehillis, apparatus with heightened soleto compensate for shortening. Result. Disappearance of spinal curve. Marked improvement in gMit and abilityto Pig. II. Poliomyelitis anterior. Both lowerextremities involved. Flexion of thighs. Quad-rupedal gait Treatment. Arthrodesis both ankle of both sartorius muscles intothe paralyzed quadriceps tendons. Division ofcontracted fascia lata?. Apparatus. Result. Ability to assume the upright active, but requires crutch support. SURGICAL PROCEDURES FOR RELIEF OF PARALYSES. 709 Nerve transplantation.—In cases where few muscles are paralyzedand where there are motor-nerves in the vicinity, it may be used when-ever transplantation has been accomplished, with beneficial results. Thiswas first done by Peckham of Providence, in 1900. He united healthynerve-fibers with degenerated nerve-fibers in a case where paralysis hadexisted for 10 years, the result being return of function. Much of thework which has been done on nerve-transplantation has been accom-plished by Spiller and Frazier of Philadelphia. The first case operatedupon by them was one in which the ante
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