title: Principles and results of corrective lower limb osteotomies for patients with vitamin D-resistant hypophosphatemic rickets.
abstract: Forty-four lower limb osteotomies were performed in ten patients with vitamin D-resistant hypophosphatemic rickets. The average follow-up period was 51 months. Osteotomies were combined with shortening and compression plating. This allowed corrections of angular deformities in the sagittal plane as large as 70 degrees and in the coronal plane as large as 78 degrees. There was one complication, a compartment syndrome that resolved completely following prompt fasciotomy. Recurrence of deformity occurred in 27% of the cases. While osteotomies were safe and provided dramatic improvement to limb deformity, postoperative control of vitamin D metabolism was the one constant factor for maintenance of correction.
authors.affiliation: Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rubinovitch
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Said
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Glorieux
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Cruess
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rogala
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001860:Bone Plates; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005360:Fibula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007015:Hypophosphatemia, Familial / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D