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D Sakai

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PubMed1979

Internal hemipelvectomy--excision of the hemipelvis with limb preservation. An alternative to hemipelvectomy.

Our results indicate that it is technically possible to resect the hemipelvis and maintain a viable extremity. Functional results are remarkably good and tumor control has been equivalent to standard hemipelvectomy. Excision of the ilium with preservation of the extremity in selected cases would appear to be a reasonable alternative to the standard hemipelvectomy, which involves amputation of the extremity.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

The effect of hip reduction on function in patients with myelomeningocele. Potential gains and hazards of surgical treatment.

We studied seventy-six patients with myelomeningocele who were more than five years old and ahd had no hip surgery during the two previous years. Of these seventy-six patients, forty-one had had no operative treatment intended to reduce the dislocation of their hips and thirty-five had been operated on one or more times to reduce or maintain reduction of one or both hips. The presence of the femoral head in the acetabulum did not improve range of hip motion or ability to walk, nor did it reduce the amount of bracing required or decrease pain. The complications of surgical treatment to gain reduction were numerous and included failure to obtain stability in 40 per cent of the hips, loss of hip motion, and fractures. A level pelvis and a good range of hip motion were found to be more important for function than reduction of the hips. The goal of treatment should be maximum function, not roentgenographic reduction of the dislocated hip.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1976

Figure drawing as an expression of self-esteem.

Figure drawings were obtained from 97 preadolescent males who differed in self and behavioral assessments of self-esteem. These subjects had been selected from a much larger sample and represented five different types of self-esteem. The figure drawings were scored for 15 variables, dealing with formal characteristics, content, and global-interpretations of the total drawings. Five significant differences were obtained, with the content and global-interpretative categories proving more differentiating between self-esteem groups than did the formal characteristics. Behavioral expressions of self-esteem were more associated with figure drawing characteristics than were subjective evaluations. Discussion focuses on the nature of self-concept and self-esteem in children as a sensorimotor rather than symbolic expression.

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