Early physeal closure after femoral chondrodiatasis. Loss of length gain in 5 cases.
Chondrodiatasis (symmetric physeal distraction) was carried out in 5 patients with short femora because of congenital dislocations of the hip joint (4 patients) and congenital shortening (1 patient). In all but 1 case the physis closed shortly after lengthening, and loss of gained length or further shortening ensued in all of them. Chondrodiatasis should be avoided in the subjects under 13 years of age with mild leg-length discrepancies.
Hamanishi
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Department of Orthopedics, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Tanaka
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Tamura
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001852:Bone Lengthening / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D001863:Bone Screws; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000503:physiopathology; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male