Erich Rutz

Distal rectus femoris surgery in children with cerebral palsy: results of a Delphi consensus project.

Robert M Kay, Kristan Pierz, James McCarthy, H Kerr Graham, Henry Chambers, Jon R Davids, Unni Narayanan, Tom F Novacheck, Jason Rhodes, Erich Rutz, Jeffrey Shilt, Benjamin J Shore, Matthew Veerkamp, M Wade Shrader, Tim Theologis, Anja Van Campenhout, Thomas Dreher

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Child Orthop

Purpose: The purpose of this study was for an international panel of experts to establish consensus indications for distal rectus ..

Hip reconstruction in closed triradiate cartilage: long-term outcomes in patients with cerebral palsy

Thomas Schlemmer, Reinald Brunner, Bernhard Speth, Carlo Camathias, Johannes Mayr, Erich Rutz

Journal article  |  2021  |  ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY

INTRODUCTION: Hip reconstruction is an established procedure in pediatric patients with neurogenic hip dislocation. An open trirad..

Treatment of Unstable Occipital Condylar Fractures in Children-A STROBE-Compliant Investigation.

Ryszard Tomaszewski, Artur Gap, Magdalena Lucyga, Erich Rutz, Johannes M Mayr

Journal article  |  2021  |  Medicina (Kaunas)

Background and objectives: Occipital condyle fractures (OCF) occur rarely in children. The choice of treatment is based on the And..

Quantification and Monitoring of the Effect of Botulinum Toxin A on Paretic Calf Muscles of Children With Cerebral Palsy With MRI: A Preliminary Study

Claudia Weidensteiner, Philipp Madoerin, Xeni Deligianni, Tanja Haas, Oliver Bieri, Tugba Akinci D'Antonoli, Katrin Bracht-Schweizer, Jacqueline Romkes, Enrico De Pieri, Francesco Santini, Erich Rutz, Reinald Brunner, Meritxell Garcia

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY

Background: Muscles from patients with cerebral palsy (CP) are often spastic and form contractures that limit the range of motion...

Conservative treatment and outcome of upper cervical spine fractures in young children: A STROBE-compliant case series.

Ryszard Tomaszewski, Sergio B Sesia, Daniel Studer, Erich Rutz, Johannes M Mayr

Journal article  |  2021  |  Medicine (Baltimore)

ABSTRACT: Cervical spine (C-spine) fractures in young children are very rare, and little information on treatment modalities and f..

Split anterior tibialis tendon transfer to peroneus brevis for spastic equinovarus in children with hemiplegia

Peter Wong, Shaneil Fransch, Charles Gallagher, Kate Louise Francis, Abhay Khot, Erich Rutz, H Kerr Graham

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF CHILDRENS ORTHOPAEDICS

Purpose: The aim of this study is to report the safety and eff-cacy of soft-tissue surgery incorporating split transfer of tibi-al..

Combination of Quantitative MRI Fat Fraction and Texture Analysis to Evaluate Spastic Muscles of Children With Cerebral Palsy

Tugba Akinci D'Antonoli, Francesco Santini, Xeni Deligianni, Meritxell Garcia Alzamora, Erich Rutz, Oliver Bieri, Reinald Brunner, Claudia Weidensteiner

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY

Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of physical disability in childhood. Muscle pathologies occur due to spas..

Musculoskeletal Pathology in Cerebral Palsy: A Classification System and Reliability Study

H Kerr Graham, Pam Thomason, Kate Willoughby, Tandy Hastings-Ison, Renee Van Stralen, Benan Dala-Ali, Peter Wong, Erich Rutz

Journal article  |  2021  |  CHILDREN-BASEL

This article presents a classification of lower limb musculoskeletal pathology (MSP) for ambulant children with cerebral palsy (CP..

Long-term follow-up after multilevel surgery in cerebral palsy

Rosa Visscher, Nadine Hasler, Marie Freslier, Navrag B Singh, William R Taylor, Reinald Brunner, Erich Rutz

Journal article  |  2021  |  ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY

INTRODUCTION: Single-event multilevel surgery (SEMLS) is frequently used to correct pathological gait patterns in children with bi..

Three-Dimensional Gait Analysis in Children Undergoing Gastrocsoleus Lengthening for Equinus Secondary to Cerebral Palsy

Norine Ma, Nicholas Sclavos, Elyse Passmore, Pam Thomason, Kerr Graham, Erich Rutz

Journal article  |  2021  |  MEDICINA-LITHUANIA

Background and Objectives: Equinus is the most common deformity in children with cerebral palsy, and surgical lengthening of the g..