Open AccessDeformity Correction, Surgical Stabilisation and Limb Length Equalisation in Patients with Fibrous Dysplasia: A 20-year Experience
Author(s) -
Matthew Hampton,
Samuel Weston-Simmons,
Sarah Giles,
James A. Fernandes
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
strategies in trauma and limb reconstruction/strategies in trauma and limb reconstruction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1828-8936
pISSN - 1828-8928
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10080-1523
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , intramedullary rod , deformity , orthopedic surgery , femur , external fixation , humerus , fixation (population genetics) , nonunion , fibrous dysplasia , external fixator , population , environmental health
Fibrous dysplasia (FD) of bone can be present with pain, deformity and pathological fractures. Management is both medical and surgical. Little literature exists on the surgical management of both monostotic and polyostotic FD. We present our experience of limb reconstruction surgery in this pathological group of bone disease.