| Autor: |
JOHN, TAMARA, GREENE, JANELLE, NICHOLSON, ALLEN, SHARKEY, MELINDA |
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Connecticut Medicine; May2018, Vol. 82 Issue 5, p265-268, 4p |
| Abstrakt: |
Guided growth, or temporary hemiepiphysiodesis, has been reported to successfully correct coronal plane deformities of the lower extremities in children with diseases that directly affect the physis (ie, "sick physes"). However, there has been concern in previous literature that children with "sick physes" due to metabolic bone diseases or skeletal dysplasias would not be suitable for correction with guided growth due to restricted growth, irregular physeal growth patterns, or iatrogenic arrest of the physis. Achondroplasia is a common skeletal dysplasia and presents with rhizomelic shortening of the long bones with signiicant angular deformities. We report the use of the guided growth technique to correct coronal plane deformity in a child with achondroplasia and symptomatic genu varum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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