Selected Lower-limb Anomalies: Surgical and Prosthetics Management: A Symposium Held in Washington, D.C. May 8-9, 1969George T. Aitken |
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TIBIAL HEMIMELIA | 1 |
THE BROWN OPERATION FOR TOTAL HEMIMELIA TIBIA | 20 |
CONTRIBUTORS 72 | |
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absent fibula AITKEN ampu ankle disarticulation articulates B. J. Postoperative below-knee prostheses beneath the distal bilateral paraxial fibular bilateral PFFD bilateral Syme's-type bone congenital correction Coventry and Johnson discrepancy at age distal end distal tibial epiphysis early amputation end-bearing amputation essentially normal femur exostosis FIGURE fitted with bilateral flexion deformities Frantz fully ambulatory hemi hips incision incomplete tibial hemimelia inequality of leg intercalary longitudinal joints and thigh Kirschner wire knee disarticulation knee joints leg length leg-length discrepancy length discrepancy limb deficiency long-leg brace Lost to follow-up lower-extremity metatarsal rays normal or essentially osteotomy paraxial fibular hemimelia persistent length present prosthesis Prosthetics Management proximal end quadriceps reported seen severe foot deformities severe varus shortening Shriners Hospital soft tissues soft-tissue releases Stress films stump Surgical and Prosthetics Syme's synostosis talus tarsal terminal longitudinal terminal paraxial fibular thigh corsets total hemimelia tibia treated treatment Type II-A valgus deformity x rays