title: [Extemporaneous lengthening of the femur in children and adolescents. Study of 25 cases].
abstract: Twenty-five one-stage lengthenings of the femur have been made using a specific technique: an oblique osteotomy in the frontal plane with a mean length of 12 cm, with routine tenotomies and fascial divisions. The average lengthening was 37 mm, that is 9.4 per cent of the femoral length. Complications were uncommon: one infection, three non-unions and one fracture, none of which resulted in any loss of length or deleterious late effects. One-stage lengthening is ideally indicated in adolescents at the end of growth for inequalities of limb length of 40 to 50 mm mainly affecting the femur, whatever the cause.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Orthopédie Traumatologie Infantile de l'Hôpital des Enfants, Malades à Paris.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Allioux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rigault
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Padovani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Finidori
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Touzet
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mallet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001852:Bone Lengthening / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur; D006801:Humans; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Allongement extemporané du fémur chez l'enfant et l'adolescent. Etude de 25 cas.