Le genu recurvatum : une complication grave de l’injection intraquadricipitale en milieu africain
Michel ONIMUS, Anselme YAFONDO · 2026
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Michel Onimus and Anselme Yafondo report, in French, on genu recurvatum, a severe backward bending of the knee. The deformity follows injections given into the front thigh muscle. Their cases were gathered during surgical missions in the Central African Republic, and the practice behind them has since been banned.
Across 104 orthopaedic missions the surgeons collected 25 cases, twelve reviewed with enough follow-up or imaging to judge results. The deformity blocks running and hampers walking, becoming grave when both knees are affected or the bend passes 90 degrees. Growth distorts the joint surfaces, so surgery straightened knees yet left them stiff in extension in nearly every reviewed case. Prevention, the authors stress, matters far more than repair.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Michel ONIMUS, Anselme YAFONDO |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32293 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |