Effectiveness and Complications of Percutaneous Needle Tenotomy with a Large Needle for Muscle Contractures: A Cadaver Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Twenty-two percent of institutionalised elderly persons have muscle contractures. Contractures have important functional consequences, rendering hygiene and positioning in bed or in a chair difficult. Medical treatment (such as botulinum toxin injections, physiotherapy or positioning) is not very effective and surgery may be required. Surgery is carried out in the operating theatre, under local or general anaesthesia but is often not possible in fragile patients. Mini-invasive tenotomy could be a useful alternative as it can be carried out in ambulatory care, under local anaesthesia.

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of percutaneous needle tenotomy and the risks of damage to adjacent structures in cadavers.

Method

Thirty two doctors who had never prac

SUBMITTER: Chesnel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4666589 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature