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Treatment of Tibial Hemimelia: Preliminary Report of Amputation versus Reconstruction

Author(s) -

Halil İbrahim Balcı,

Yavuz Sağlam,

Fuat Bilgili,

Cengiz Şen,

Mehmet Kocaoğlu,

Levent Eralp

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586

H-Index - 28

eISSN - 2589-1294

pISSN - 1017-995X

DOI - 10.3944/aott.2015.15.0005

Subject(s) - medicine , amputation , surgery , tibia , disarticulation , ankle , retrospective cohort study , radiography , physical examination , prosthesis

Tibial hemimelia is a rare disorder characterized by the absence or hypoplasia of the tibia with associated rigidity. The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the affectivity of reconstructive surgeries including centralization of the knee-ankle joints and lengthening with Ilizarov principles, as well as physical and functional results of amputation and reconstruction.

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