Distraction of the epiphyseal cartilage as a method of limb lengthening.
This case report presents a girl with congenital short femur and a limb length discrepancy of 12 cm. After a series of complicated operations failed to lengthen the limb, we applied distraction epiphysiolysis and succeeded in correcting the length discrepancy. This method, rarely mentioned in medical literature, is described and discussed.
D001852:Bone Lengthening / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000601:surgery; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization