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 |
FIBULAR HEMIMELIA | 49 |
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absent fibula Aitken ampu ankle disarticulation articulated knees below-knee prosthesis beneath the distal bilateral PFFD Bone Joint Surg Child Amputee complete absence correction discrepancy at age distal end distal tibial epiphysis end-bearing amputation epiphysis essentially normal femur exostosis fibula FIGURE 11 FIGURE 9 flexion deformities foot deformity Frantz fully ambulatory greater saphenous vein incision incomplete tibial hemimelia intercalary Kirschner wire knee disarticulation knee joints leg-length discrepancy length discrepancy lengthening limb deficiency Lost to follow-up LOWER-LIMB ANOMALIES lumbar spine metatarsal rays normal or essentially osteotomy paraxial fibular hemimelia pelvithoracic bucket persistent length PFFD prosthetic fitting Prosthetics Management proximal end quadriceps reported SACH feet seen severe flexion severe varus Shriners Hospital soft tissues spine and sacrum stability Stress films stump subtrochanteric amputations surgical procedures tarsal Tendo Achillis terminal longitudinal thigh corsets tibiofibular synostosis total hemimelia tibia treatment Type II-A unilateral valgus deformity vastus lateralis vastus medialis weight-bearing x rays