[Diagnosis and treatment of iatrogenic retraction of the quadriceps muscle].

In the last two decades the iatrogenic retraction of the quadriceps muscle, which occurs in infants and young children following large numbers of injections performed in the thigh, has polarized the attention, especially as a result of the increasing frequency, and of the invalidating effects. The authors describe the symptoms that allow to make a diagnosis, both for the complete form, and for the form that involves the upper part of the thigh, a form that was studied and explained from the viewpoint of its mechanism, by one of the authors. Provided that the disease is correctly identified in a early stage, and the application of an adequate treatment, will led to recovery without sequels. In the case of the chronic form only surgery may lead to satisfactory results. The technique is described, of the quadriceps desinsertion, as it is performed in Clinic for Infantile Surgery and Orthopaedics from Bucharest. Since the results of the surgical treatment are of good quality in only 85% of the cases, the particular importance in stressed, of the preventive treatment.