Surgical treatment of medial femoral torsion--a case report.
Medial femoral torsion is not rarely problem seen in orthopaedic clinics. Patients are always bilaterally involved. Most cases walk normally or with a slight toe-in gait. These need no further treatment. However, it has been suggested that severe cases may have sequelae in the hip or lower leg. For these cases, surgical treatment has been considered. The age of surgical treatment was commonly accepted as 8 years old. We will present a case of bilateral medial torsional deformity with severe toe-in gait of the right leg. Although the patient was only 6 years old, to resolve his walking problem and social withdrawal, derotational osteotomy was performed in the subtrochanteric area. This resulted in prompt functional recovery. This case and its controversies are discussed.
Wu
H J
HJ
Chang
J K
JK
Lin
S Y
SY
D002648:Child; D005269:Femur / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012399:Rotation; D014102:Torsion Abnormality