ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental medicine2015
Melt-metaphyseal and diphyseal osteotomy for correction of infantile Blount's disease: a long-term follow-up study.
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- Case Report: Surgical timing for Blount's disease: a case report and systematic review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- Recurrence and Complication Rates of Surgical Treatment for Blount's Disease in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Tibia vara or Blount's disease: Why an early diagnosis and treatment are important?Clinics and practice · 2020Article
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Abstract
Blount's disease is an uncommon disorder of postero-medial proximal tibial physis. Blount described infantile and adolescent types. This study aims to describe using femur, tibia and fibula osteotomies to treat infantile Blount's disease. From May 1992 to May 2005, 7 patients of Blount's disease (3 males, 4 females) were included, whose age was range from 17 to 62 months. Femorotibial angle (FTA) was 31 ± 6° (range from 27° to 41°). Metaphyseal-diaphyseal angle (MDA) was 16 ± 4° (range from 13° to 24°). The femoral vara angle was 10 ± 4° (range from 2° to 23°). According to Langenskiold's classification, 3 patients were in stage II, 7 patients in stage III, and 2 patients in stage IV. Five cases were affected bilateral and 2 unilaterally, treated by famur, tibia and fibula valgus osteotomies, and a hip spica cast were used for 6 weeks after operation. Results indicated that all patients were followed up 3 to 16 years. FTA, MDA and femur diaphysis were measured, FTA was 2 ± 7°valgus (from 4° vara to 13° valgus). MDA was 1 ± 2°valgus (range from 0° to 12°). Femoral diaphyseal angle was 1 ± 3°valgus (range from 3° vara to 7° valgus). Six patients could walk without any knee pain, except for 1 patient with bilateral disorder feels his left genu uncomfortable after long time stand or work. His MDA was 12°, and FAT was -4°. In conclusion, femur, tibia and fibula osteotomies are useful for correction of Blount's disease. Recurrence and complication are less than those reported for Blount's disease.
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