TY - JOUR
T1 - Management of late-onset tibia vara in the obese patient by using circular external fixation
AU - Stanitski, Deborah F.
AU - Dahl, Mark
AU - Louie, Kevin
AU - Grayhack, John
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Previously published series of surgery for late-onset tibia vara reported a significant number of complications and fair or poor results. Obesity in many of these patients makes surgical intervention an even more daunting prospect. Circular external fixation is applicable to almost any limb size and allows weight bearing as tolerated, with gradual adjustment of alignment. Twenty-five tibiae in 17 patients who exceeded their ideal body weight by ≤50% underwent correction of late-onset tibia vara with the Ilizarov technique. Average age at surgery was 11 years 7 months (range, 7 years 8 months to 15 years 11 months). Mean varus deformity was 27°(range, 10-55°). Treatment time averaged 12 weeks in patients without lengthening and 16.9 weeks in those requiring lengthening (mean, 3.5 cm). All patients achieved alignment within 5°of normal. Complications included one delayed union, premature consolidation in one, and two residual limb-length inequalities. There were no cases of osteomyelitis, compartment syndrome, or nerve palsy. These results are a significant improvement over reports of traditional methods in these difficult patients.
AB - Previously published series of surgery for late-onset tibia vara reported a significant number of complications and fair or poor results. Obesity in many of these patients makes surgical intervention an even more daunting prospect. Circular external fixation is applicable to almost any limb size and allows weight bearing as tolerated, with gradual adjustment of alignment. Twenty-five tibiae in 17 patients who exceeded their ideal body weight by ≤50% underwent correction of late-onset tibia vara with the Ilizarov technique. Average age at surgery was 11 years 7 months (range, 7 years 8 months to 15 years 11 months). Mean varus deformity was 27°(range, 10-55°). Treatment time averaged 12 weeks in patients without lengthening and 16.9 weeks in those requiring lengthening (mean, 3.5 cm). All patients achieved alignment within 5°of normal. Complications included one delayed union, premature consolidation in one, and two residual limb-length inequalities. There were no cases of osteomyelitis, compartment syndrome, or nerve palsy. These results are a significant improvement over reports of traditional methods in these difficult patients.
KW - Blount's disease
KW - Ilizarov technique
KW - Tibia vara
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U2 - 10.1097/01241398-199709000-00021
DO - 10.1097/01241398-199709000-00021
M3 - Article
C2 - 9592012
AN - SCOPUS:0031444727
SN - 0271-6798
VL - 17
SP - 691
EP - 694
JO - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
JF - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
IS - 5
ER -