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Varus Deformity of the Distal Femur and LLD Secondary to Ollier’s Disease Corrected by Gradual Deformity Correction and Lengthening

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A 9-year-old male with progressive varus deformity of the distal femur and LLD secondary to Ollier disease underwent three stages of treatment including (1) distal femoral osteotomy followed by gradual varus deformity correction and lengthening, (2) opposite leg pan-genu epiphysiodesis 2 years later, and (3) staged double-level femoral osteotomy at skeletal maturity and repeated femoral lengthening.

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  1. Center for Excellence in Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, 2222 Welborn Street, 75219, Dallas, TX, USA

    B. Stephens Richards, Alexander Cherkashin & Mikhail Samchukov

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  1. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA

    S. Robert Rozbruch

  2. Shriner's Hospital for Children, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Reggie Hamdy

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Richards, B.S., Cherkashin, A., Samchukov, M. (2014). Varus Deformity of the Distal Femur and LLD Secondary to Ollier’s Disease Corrected by Gradual Deformity Correction and Lengthening. In: Rozbruch, S., Hamdy, R. (eds) Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery Case Atlas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02767-8_84-1

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