Resection of XXXX in the adult with head trauma.

@entity1 @entity73 @entity4034 @entity281 @entity2736 @entity717
Lesions of @entity2736 were excised from thirty-seven joints in twenty-three adults who had had injuries to the brain. The lesions were excised from twenty-three elbows, twelve hips, and two shoulders. @entity1 were retrospectively divided into five categories according to the neural residua ( @entity73 ). The @entity1 in Class I (minimum cognitive and @entity717 ) and @entity1 in Class II (minimum @entity73 and moderate @entity717 ) who had fair or good selective control of the affected extremity had the best prognosis for maintaining the range of motion resulting from resecting the lesion and improving function postoperatively. They also had a low incidence of recurrence of the lesion. Seven of the nine elbows and eight of the eight hips in @entity1 in these classes had successful results. All three of the @entity1 in Class V (severe @entity73 ) who had a lesion of the hip and all eight of the @entity1 in Class V with poor selective control had a poor result. In the twenty-five joints for which adequate follow-up radiographs were available to determine if the lesion recurred, fourteen recurrences were identified (56 per cent). Eleven of these @entity1 were considered to have a poor result. Nine of the fourteen recurrences occurred in @entity1 in Class V. Radiographic evidence of the maturity of the lesion and a normal level of alkaline phosphatase were of limited importance in predicting a low rate of recurrence. The over-all complications included four superficial @entity281 and no instances of @entity4034 .(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
