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Volkmann contracture

MedGen UID:
22684
•Concept ID:
C0042951
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Contracture, Ischemic; Contracture, Volkmann; Contracture, Volkmann's Ischemic; Contractures, Ischemic; Contractures, Volkmann; Ischemic Contracture; Ischemic Contracture, Volkmann's; Ischemic Contractures; Volkmann Contracture; Volkmann Contractures; Volkmann Ischemic Contracture; Volkmann's Ischemic Contracture; Volkmanns Ischemic Contracture
SNOMED CT: Volkmann's ischemic contracture (111247001); Volkmann's contracture (111247001); Volkmann's syndrome (111247001); Volkmann contracture (111247001)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003528

Definition

An ischemic contracture of the forearm that most often occurs secondary to trauma. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVolkmann contracture

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Modified Colzi method in the management of established Volkmann contracture--the experience of Trzebnica Limb Replantation Center (preliminary report).
Domanasiewicz A, Jabłecki J, Kocieba R, Syrko M
Ortop Traumatol Rehabil 2008 Jan-Feb;10(1):12-25. PMID: 18391902

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Pulseless supracondylar humeral fractures in children: vascular complications in a ten year series.
Cambon-Binder A, Jehanno P, Tribout L, Valenti P, Simon AL, Ilharreborde B, Mazda K
Int Orthop 2018 Apr;42(4):891-899. Epub 2017 Nov 30 doi: 10.1007/s00264-017-3698-5. PMID: 29192344
Biomechanical Study of the Digital Flexor Tendon Sliding Lengthening Technique.
Hashimoto K, Kuniyoshi K, Suzuki T, Hiwatari R, Matsuura Y, Takahashi K
J Hand Surg Am 2015 Oct;40(10):1981-5. Epub 2015 Aug 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2015.06.120. PMID: 26304736
Flexor origin slide for contracture of spastic finger flexor muscles: a retrospective study.
Thevenin-Lemoine C, Denormandie P, Schnitzler A, Lautridou C, Allieu Y, Genêt F
J Bone Joint Surg Am 2013 Mar 6;95(5):446-53. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00190. PMID: 23467868

Diagnosis

Angiosome-Based Allografts: Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation for Tailored Subunit Reconstruction with Volkmann Ischemic Contracture as a Case in Point.
Taylor GI, Sparks DS, Gascoigne AC, Corlett RJ, Ashton MW
Plast Reconstr Surg 2017 Jun;139(6):1291e-1304e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003360. PMID: 28538571
Biomechanical Study of the Digital Flexor Tendon Sliding Lengthening Technique.
Hashimoto K, Kuniyoshi K, Suzuki T, Hiwatari R, Matsuura Y, Takahashi K
J Hand Surg Am 2015 Oct;40(10):1981-5. Epub 2015 Aug 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2015.06.120. PMID: 26304736
Incidence of compartment syndrome of the arm in a large series of transradial approach for coronary procedures.
Tizón-Marcos H, Barbeau GR
J Interv Cardiol 2008 Oct;21(5):380-4. Epub 2008 Jun 3 doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2008.00361.x. PMID: 18537873
Soft tissue complications of orthopedic emergencies.
Hoover TJ, Siefert JA
Emerg Med Clin North Am 2000 Feb;18(1):115-39, vi. doi: 10.1016/s0733-8627(05)70110-3. PMID: 10678162

Therapy

Pulseless supracondylar humeral fractures in children: vascular complications in a ten year series.
Cambon-Binder A, Jehanno P, Tribout L, Valenti P, Simon AL, Ilharreborde B, Mazda K
Int Orthop 2018 Apr;42(4):891-899. Epub 2017 Nov 30 doi: 10.1007/s00264-017-3698-5. PMID: 29192344
Biomechanical Study of the Digital Flexor Tendon Sliding Lengthening Technique.
Hashimoto K, Kuniyoshi K, Suzuki T, Hiwatari R, Matsuura Y, Takahashi K
J Hand Surg Am 2015 Oct;40(10):1981-5. Epub 2015 Aug 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2015.06.120. PMID: 26304736
Incidence of compartment syndrome of the arm in a large series of transradial approach for coronary procedures.
Tizón-Marcos H, Barbeau GR
J Interv Cardiol 2008 Oct;21(5):380-4. Epub 2008 Jun 3 doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2008.00361.x. PMID: 18537873
Volkmann contracture and compartment syndromes after femur fractures in children treated with 90/90 spica casts.
Mubarak SJ, Frick S, Sink E, Rathjen K, Noonan KJ
J Pediatr Orthop 2006 Sep-Oct;26(5):567-72. doi: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000230329.06460.f7. PMID: 16932092

Prognosis

Flexor origin slide for contracture of spastic finger flexor muscles: a retrospective study.
Thevenin-Lemoine C, Denormandie P, Schnitzler A, Lautridou C, Allieu Y, Genêt F
J Bone Joint Surg Am 2013 Mar 6;95(5):446-53. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00190. PMID: 23467868
Incidence of compartment syndrome of the arm in a large series of transradial approach for coronary procedures.
Tizón-Marcos H, Barbeau GR
J Interv Cardiol 2008 Oct;21(5):380-4. Epub 2008 Jun 3 doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2008.00361.x. PMID: 18537873

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