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Osteoarthritis following blount's disease

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Investigation of 133 knees with Blount's disease in 86 patients showed that no patient below the age of 30 had evidence of degenerative change in the affected knees. Seventeen patients over 30 years of age had a total of 27 affected knees, of which 11 were osteoarthritic. Although increasing varus deformity predisposed to degenerative change the relationship was not constant and no firm relationship could be drawn between the amount of wear, the compartment of the knee involved and the degree of deformity.

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L'étude de 133 genoux, chez 86 sujets atteints de maladie de Blount, montre que l'arthrose dégénérative ne s'observe pas chez les malades de moins de 30 ans. Chez 17 patients de plus de 30 ans, totalisant 27 genoux malades, 11 présentent une ostéoarthrite. Bien que l'augmentation du varus prédispose aux lésions dégénératives, la relation n'est pas constante et ne peut être affirmée entre le degré d'usure, le compartiment atteint et l'importance de la déformation.

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Zayer, M. Osteoarthritis following blount's disease. International Orthopaedics 4, 63–66 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266605

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