Reconstruction of the mechanical axis, the goal of this treatment, was accomplished in five of the seven legs (cases 1 5), whereas in case 6 a varus of 5° and 3° was found at the knee and at the ankle, respectively.
Nevertheless, the degree of the lesions ranged from obvious spider-leg cases to moderate or mild changes, making a definite diagnosis difficult.
Among those with ICD > 0, the measured distance was greater in older children, in girls and in cases with bow-leg deformity (P < 0.001) (median [IQR]: normal phenotype = 25 [18 30] mm, n = 605, bow-leg cases = 60 [36 80] mm, n = 17, respectively).
The proposed control laws are digitally implemented and validated in a 2-leg case study using both simulation and experimentation.
The extension of the calculation beyond the two-leg case is trivial, and is discussed in the work.
The surgeon may need to perform a ligament release in extension to align the leg in cases of varus or valgus deformity.
Case 4 presented a stab wound injury of the leg; the case was scored as successful if the student correctly evaluated the medical history, examined the pulses of femoral, popliteal, tibialis posterior, and dorsalis pedis region, and chose the adequate radiologic test (Doppler ultrasonography or computed tomography (CT) of the lower extremity) to assess great vessel injury.
Last April, Reggie Williams drove up from Florida, expecting he might need to outfit his car with special controls for driving with his left leg, in case his right leg was amputated.
As Katie Thomas reported in The Times this month, a rural ambulance squad in Ohio withheld its last vial of morphine from a patient in pain with a broken leg in case someone else needed it more.
Admissible region of groping leg The case where leg (L_k) is assumed to be a float leg in the leg-grope movement was explained above.
