Surgical approach to correction of severe knee malalignment in a pediatric population in Tanzania.
Blount disease knee malalignment limb malalignment osteotomies pediatric
Journal
Folia medica
ISSN: 1314-2143
Titre abrégé: Folia Med (Plovdiv)
Pays: Bulgaria
ID NLM: 2984761R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
31 Dec 2023
31 Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
16
02
2023
accepted:
09
05
2023
medline:
14
2
2024
pubmed:
14
2
2024
entrez:
14
2
2024
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Severe knee malalignment in children usually needs surgery with different options available in surgical approaches. The aim of this study was to report the results of the surgical correction of severe knee malalignment in children treated with femoral and tibial osteotomy, temporarily fixed with percutaneous Kirschner wires, in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC), with limited medical resources.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38351776
doi: 10.3897/folmed.65.e102090
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
885-893Informations de copyright
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