[Treatment of congenital tibial pseudarthrosis using a free vascularized fibula transfer and plate osteosynthesis. Case report].
Congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia is a rare disorder of unknown etiology. The free vascularized fibula-pro-tibia-transplant permits correction of the defect and the leg length-discrepancy during one surgical procedure. A 5 year old girl with congenital pseudarthrosis underwent a free vascularized fibular-pro-tibia-transplant. At a follow-up examination 5 years post surgery she had no subjective complaints, she walked without external orthopaedic support, there was no leg length-discrepancy. As stated in the literature the rates of bony unions are much higher than after conventional methods.
Lampe
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Orthopädische Poliklinik der LMU München.
Schönecker
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Heimkes
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Stock
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D001860:Bone Plates; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005360:Fibula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome