Limb lengthening by physeal distraction |
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Authors: | Ingjald Bjerkreim |
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Affiliation: | a Oslo University Orthopedic Hospital, Oslo 5, Norway |
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Abstract: | I evaluated 10 consecutive lengthenings through the upper tibial physis in 9 patients. A bilateral frame consisting of two small-sized Wagner devices and two pairs of 4-mm transfixing pins with 5-mm-diameter central threads were used. The median lengthening was 6.7 cm. Complications were frequent. The risk of a growth disturbance is very high, and physeal distraction should therefore only be applied towards the end of the growth period. |
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