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ArticleJournal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews2022

Bilateral Calcaneus Transfers for the Treatment of Congenital Tibial Deficiencies: A Novel Surgical Technique and Case Report.

William H Fang, Evelyn Thomas, Juston Fan, Amber R Leis, Samuel R Rosenfeld

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Article in Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. New Reconstruction Technique in Combined Tibial and Fibular Hemimelia.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

William H FangFrom the Orthopaedic Surgery, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA (Dr. Fang, Dr. Thomas, and Dr. Fan); the Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA (Dr. Fang, Dr. Thomas, Dr. Fan, Dr. Leis, and Dr. Rosenfeld); and the Plastics Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA (Dr. Leis).
Evelyn Thomas
Amber R Leis
Samuel R Rosenfeld
Children's Hospital of Orange County · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tibial deficiency (also known as tibial hemimelia) is a rare condition with variable presentation. A 2-month-old patient presented with absent bilateral tibias. When the patient was 1 year, a novel reconstructive surgery was done. A bilateral fibular resection with pedicled calcaneus transfer was done, allowing for transfer of the calcaneus along with the overlying glabrous skin and soft tissues to the end of the femur. The patient was permitted to weight-bear after the 4-week postoperative follow-up. At the six-month follow-up, the patient was able to pull to stand and walk with assistance without any reports of pain.

Indexed as

CalcaneusTibiaFemurFibulaHumansInfantLower Extremity

Identifiers

PMID36732306
PMCPMC9726303
OpenAlexW4318965101

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