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Surgical excision provided complete relief of abduction contractures of the hips and shoulders secondary to fibrous bands in the gluteal and deltoid muscles.
Surgical excision is an effective treatment for abduction contractures of the shoulders and hips caused by fibrous bands.
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May support excision in rare fibrous band contractures; hypothesis-generating from Level 5 evidence, needs prospective validation.
The first case of fibrosis of the gluteal muscles causing abduction contracture of the hips associated with fibrous bands in the deltoid muscles causing abduction deformity of the shoulders is reported. As with other cases of fibrous bands, surgical excision provided complete relief.
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WOLBRINK et al. (1973) studied this question. Surgical excision provided complete relief of abduction contractures of the hips and shoulders secondary to fibrous bands in the gluteal and deltoid muscles.
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