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Case 46: Correction of Varus Deformity of the Femur in a Patient with Knee Fusion

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This is a case of operative treatment of femur deformity associated with knee fusion . In this case, deformity correction was performed gradually using the computer-assisted hexapod – Ortho-SUV Frame. The article shows the advantages of six-axis correction.

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  1. Vreden Russian Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Leonid N. Solomin

  2. St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Leonid N. Solomin

  3. Vreden Russian Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Petr Skomoroshko

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Correspondence to Leonid N. Solomin .

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  1. Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA

    S. Robert Rozbruch

  2. Shriners Hospital and Montreal Children Hospital, Division of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Shriners Hospital and Montreal Children Hospital, Division of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Reggie C. Hamdy

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Solomin, L.N., Skomoroshko, P. (2015). Case 46: Correction of Varus Deformity of the Femur in a Patient with Knee Fusion. In: Rozbruch, S., Hamdy, R. (eds) Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery Case Atlas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18020-5_211

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