Deformity Reconstruction Surgery for Blount’s Disease
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Etiology and Pathophysiology
3. ITV Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Features
4. Radiographic Imaging
5. Radiographic Analysis
6. Diagnosis
7. Staging
8. Natural History
9. Non-Operative Treatment
10. Surgical Planning
11. Hemi-Epiphysiodesis
12. Physeal Arrest Resection
13. Osteotomies with Acute Correction
14. Hemi-Plateau Elevation Osteotomy
15. Combined Osteotomies
16. Epiphysiodesis
17. Gradual Correction with External Fixation
18. Late-Onset Tibia Vara (LOTV)
19. Conclusions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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