Results through skeletal maturity of planned fibular nonunion for the treatment of genu varum in achondroplasia
- Resource Type
- Authors
- M. David Gothard; Melanie A. Morscher; Dennis S. Weiner; Gabriel J.M. Mirhaidari; Mark J. Adamczyk
- Source
- Medicine. 98:e17723
- Subject
- musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty
biology
business.industry
Radiography
Nonunion
Genu varum
Retrospective cohort study
General Medicine
musculoskeletal system
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Surgery
body regions
03 medical and health sciences
Valgus
0302 clinical medicine
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Tibia
Achondroplasia
Fibula
medicine.symptom
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1536-5964
0025-7974
Current surgical options for treating genu varum in achondroplasia include tibial and fibular osteotomy and growth modulation using plates and screws. However, a single surgeon consistently treated genu varum using a planned fibular nonunion (PFN). The purpose of this study is to describe his surgical technique and report radiographic and clinical outcomes for the cohort studied.This is an observational retrospective review. The cohort studied included patients with achondroplasia who had PFN surgery for the treatment of genu varum at a young age (