title: Projected limb length inequality: selecting patients for surgery.
abstract: The selection of patients for surgery for limb length discrepancy is directed by the patient's desires and the limitations of surgery. All interventions have substantial advantages and disadvantages. In addition, the patient's ability to tolerate the intervention and the risks that accompany them are of paramount importance. The cause of the discrepancy, accompanying deformities or pathology, the patient's other medical conditions, and the predicted mature stature of the patient will all affect both the goals and viability of certain surgeries.
authors.affiliation: Children's Memorial Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Grayhack
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Carroll
mesh_terms: D001852:Bone Lengthening; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods*; D015900:Radiography, Dual-Energy Scanned Projection; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed