Double-elevating osteotomy of tibiae in the treatment of severe cases of Blount's disease

J Pediatr Orthop. 1989 Mar-Apr;9(2):178-81.

Abstract

The results of operative correction of 13 cases of tibia vara in 10 children with advanced infantile Blount's disease are presented. All of the children were operated by "double-elevating" osteotomy. An essential element of this procedure was the reconstruction of the horizontal level of the medial tibial plateau. The average follow-up after treatment was 8 years 1 month. We recommend this method of osteotomy in cases of considerable depression of the medial tibial condyle with the defect of epiphyseal bone and as a bone bridge between the metaphysis and the epiphysis.

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Child
  • Female
  • Fibula / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibula / surgery
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Movement
  • Osteochondritis / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteochondritis / physiopathology
  • Osteochondritis / surgery*
  • Osteotomy / methods*
  • Pressure
  • Radiography
  • Tibia / diagnostic imaging
  • Tibia / physiopathology
  • Tibia / surgery*