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Correction of rotational deformity of the tibia in cerebral palsy by percutaneous supramalleolar osteotomy.

Inan M, Ferri-de Baros F, Chan G, Dabney K, Miller F

Orthopaedic Department, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Malataya 44069, Turkey. minan@inonu.edu.tr

A percutaneous supramalleolar osteotomy with multiple drill holes and closed osteoclasis was used to correct rotational deformities of the tibia in patients with cerebral palsy. The technique is described and the results in 247 limbs (160 patients) are reported. The mean age at the time of surgery was 10.7 years (4 to 20). The radiographs were analysed for time to union, loss of correction, and angulation at the site of the osteotomy. Bone healing was obtained in all patients except one in a mean period of seven weeks (5 to 12). Malunion after loss of reduction at the site of the osteotomy developed in one tibia. Percutaneous supramalleolar osteotomy of the tibia is a safe and simple surgical procedure.

Published 28 September 2005 in J Bone Joint Surg Br, 87(10): 1411-5.
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