Development of a knee flexion deformity is a common problem among pediatric patients with diverse neuromuscular problems. In children with cerebral palsy and other associated disorders, short or ...

Treatment of leg length inequality involves many different approaches, such as orthotics, epiphysiodesis, shortening, and lengthening, which can be used alone or combined in an effort to achieve ...

PUNE, India, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recent market study published by Growth Market Reports, titled, "Global Pediatric Epiphysiodesis Market Segments - by Technique (Phemister, ...

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Investigators of this study found 65% of skeletally immature patients who were implanted with an expandable endoprosthesis after distal femoral resection had less tibial growth in the operative vs.

This has largely replaced open bone-peg epiphysiodesis with or without corrective femoral osteotomy. This older technique popular in the 1950s and 1960s had the advantage of closing the physis quickly ...

Blount disease is a developmental disorder characterised by an asymmetrical disorder of proximal tibial growth, leading to tibia vara—a varus angulation of the lower leg. The disorder manifests in ...

Leg length inequality is common. Treatment objectives include obtaining leg length equality, producing a level pelvis, and improving function. Clinical assessment should include determination of a ...