Bamboo Osteotomy for Blounts Disease.
- Author:
Siregar PU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Orthopaedic;
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- From:Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
2010;4(1):56-59
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Blount disease is a common childhood condition that requires surgical correction. The conventional method of osteotomy and acute correction is associated with risk of neurovascular complications and occasionally displacement of the intra operative alignment. This case report describes a new technique that involves multiple longitudinal osteotomies over the proximal tibia without loss of cortical continuity between the proximal and distal tibia. It simulates an incomplete (greenstick) fracture that allows p
