[Blount's disease in its infantile form. Apropos of 16 cases].
The authors report 16 cases of tibia vara in children. They insist on: the difficult diagnosis of that pathology at the beginning, the early surgery (simple osteotomy) give a complete restoration, in neglected cases they recommend to elevate the medial condyle of the tibia with bone grafting, a tibial osteotomy and an epiphysiodesis of the lateral tibial condyle and proximal fibula.
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La maladie de Blount dans sa forme infantile. A propos de 16 observations.