Growth modulation may decrease recurrence when used as an adjunct to osteotomy in infantile Blount’s disease
Published in The South African Orthopaedic Journal (SAOJ) • May 22, 2021
Authors:,,
Pieter H Maré
David Thompson
Leonard Marais
Abstract
BackgroundThis study aimed to determine whether the addition of a lateral proximal tibial tension band plate, combined with proximal tibial dome realignment osteotomy, would decrease the recurrence rate in a group of children younger than 7 years with infantile Blount’s disease (IBD) and high recurr...