Surgical treatment of melorheostosis: Report of two cases
Melorheostosis is a rare disease that usually burdens the patient with painful disability or soft tissue compromise. The treatment is usually symptomatic and conservative. Patients with severe and complicated forms of the disease may require surgery. Involvement of the distal part of a limb usually...
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| author | Shih-Hsiang Chou Chung-Hwan Chen Jian-Chih Chen Song-Hsiung Chien Yuh-Min Cheng |
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| description | Melorheostosis is a rare disease that usually burdens the patient with painful disability or soft tissue compromise. The treatment is usually symptomatic and conservative. Patients with severe and complicated forms of the disease may require surgery. Involvement of the distal part of a limb usually carries more morbidity, such as tumefaction pain, cosmetic and psychosocial or functional problems that render conservative treatment unsatisfactory to patients. In our series, surgical debulking or decompression of the mass effect provided prompt symptom relief. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c5fccc9cadb844deb2daa048ef2032462022-12-22T03:40:10ZengWileyKaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences1607-551X2012-05-0128528528810.1016/j.kjms.2011.11.009Surgical treatment of melorheostosis: Report of two casesShih-Hsiang Chou0Chung-Hwan Chen1Jian-Chih Chen2Song-Hsiung Chien3Yuh-Min Cheng4Department of Orthopaedics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Orthopaedics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Orthopaedics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Orthopaedics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Orthopaedics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanMelorheostosis is a rare disease that usually burdens the patient with painful disability or soft tissue compromise. The treatment is usually symptomatic and conservative. Patients with severe and complicated forms of the disease may require surgery. Involvement of the distal part of a limb usually carries more morbidity, such as tumefaction pain, cosmetic and psychosocial or functional problems that render conservative treatment unsatisfactory to patients. In our series, surgical debulking or decompression of the mass effect provided prompt symptom relief.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X11002646DebulkingDecompressionMass effectMelorheostosisSurgical treatment |
| spellingShingle | Shih-Hsiang Chou Chung-Hwan Chen Jian-Chih Chen Song-Hsiung Chien Yuh-Min Cheng Surgical treatment of melorheostosis: Report of two cases Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences Debulking Decompression Mass effect Melorheostosis Surgical treatment |
| title | Surgical treatment of melorheostosis: Report of two cases |
| title_full | Surgical treatment of melorheostosis: Report of two cases |
| title_fullStr | Surgical treatment of melorheostosis: Report of two cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surgical treatment of melorheostosis: Report of two cases |
| title_short | Surgical treatment of melorheostosis: Report of two cases |
| title_sort | surgical treatment of melorheostosis report of two cases |
| topic | Debulking Decompression Mass effect Melorheostosis Surgical treatment |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X11002646 |
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