Guided Growth to Correct Limb Deformity
Guided Growth to Correct Limb Deformity Ryan D. Muchow Kenneth J. Noonan DEFINITION The anatomic axis is the mid-diaphyseal line of a bone. The anatomic angle of the lower extremity…
Limb Lengthening Using the Ilizarov Method or a Monoplanar Fixator
Limb Lengthening Using the Ilizarov Method or a Monoplanar Fixator Roger F. Widmann Emily R. Dodwell Purushottam A. Gholve Arkady Blyakher DEFINITION Limb lengthening is a surgical procedure performed to…
Repair of Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia with the Williams Rod
Repair of Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia with the Williams Rod Perry L. Schoenecker Margaret M. Rich DEFINITION Congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia follows pathologic fracture of a tibia.2, 4…
Excision of Physeal Bar
Excision of Physeal Bar Anthony A. Stans DEFINITION A physeal bar, or partial premature physeal arrest, is an osseous connection that forms across a physis and has the potential to…
Percutaneous Distal Femoral or Proximal Tibial Epiphysiodesis for Leg Length Discrepancy
Percutaneous Distal Femoral or Proximal Tibial Epiphysiodesis for Leg Length Discrepancy Emily R. Dodwell Roger F. Widmann DEFINITION Epiphysiodesis involves manipulation of a physis (growth plate) to cause temporary or…
Surgical Management of Blount Disease
Surgical Management of Blount Disease Richard S. Davidson DEFINITION Blount disease, also known as idiopathic tibia vara and osteochondritis deformans tibiae, is characterized by abnormal growth of the proximal tibia…
Treatment of Congenital Femoral Deficiency
Treatment of Congenital Femoral Deficiency Dror Paley DEFINITION The term proximal focal femoral deficiency (PFFD) is used to describe congenital femoral deficiency and deformity of the proximal femur to be…
Femoral Rotational Osteotomy (Proximal and Distal)
Femoral Rotational Osteotomy (Proximal and Distal) Robert M. Kay DEFINITIONS Femoral anteversion is the angle in the transverse (rotational) plane between the neck of the femur and the distal femur,…
Proximal Femoral Varus Osteotomy Using a 90-Degree Blade Plate
Proximal Femoral Varus Osteotomy Using a 90-Degree Blade Plate Tom F. Novacheck DEFINITION Proximal femoral varus osteotomy can be useful for many conditions: Coxa valga deformity Hip subluxation (nearly all…
Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome
Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome Jonathan A. Godin Jocelyn R. Wittstein L. Scott Levin Claude T. Moorman III DEFINITION Compartment syndrome can be either acute or chronic. Acute compartment syndrome is…
