Management of Limb Length Deficiencies

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Area of Focus: General Orthopaedics

Tackle the complex and challenging problem of limb-length discrepancy head-on! Gain in-depth knowledge of the etiology, its effects on function and gait, clinical and radiologic assessment, as well as the many forms of medical and surgical treatment options. You'll also learn about lengthening in specific conditions, such as congenital deficiencies, upper limb, short stature, soft-tissue contractures, and in adults.

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Table of Contents

Management of Limb-Length Discrepancies
Reggie C. Hamdy, MB, ChB, MSc, FRCSC, and James J. McCarthy, MD, Editors

1. Prevalence, Significance, and Etiology of Limb-Length Discrepancies
Neil Saran, MD, Section Editor

2. Clinical Assessment of Limb-Length Discrepancies
Reggie C. Hamdy, MB, ChC, MSc, FRCSC, Section Editor

3. Radiologic Assessment of Limb-Length Discrepancy
Sanjeev Sabharwal, MD, Section Editor

4. Prediction of Limb-Length Discrepancy at Skeletal Maturity
Mihir Thacker, MD, Section Editor

5. Treatment of Limb-Length Discrepancy with Epiphysiodesis
Neil Saran, MD, FRCSC, and Karl E. Rathjen, MD, Section Editors

6. Treatment of Limb-Length Discrepancy with Shortening Distraction Ostogensis
James J. McCarthy, MD, Section Editor

7. The Ilizarov Method of Distraction Osteogenesis
Stuart A. Green, MD, Section Editor

8. Lengthening With External Fixators
David S. Feldman, MD, and Sonia Chaudrhy, MD, Section Editors

9. Lengthening With Internal Devices
Alec C. Stall, MD, MPH, Shawn C. Standard, MD, and John E. Herzenberg, MD,FRCSC, Section Editors

10. Complications of Distraction Osteogensis
Janet D. Conway, MD, Section Editor

11. Van Nes Rotationplasty
Joseph Ivan Krajbich, MD, FRCSC, Section Editor

12. Distraction Osteogensis: Amputation and Prosthetic Fitting
Anthony A. Scaduto, MD, and Norman Y. Otsuka, MD, Section Editors

13. Lengthening for Congenital Lower Limb Deficiencies
John G. Birch, MD, FRCSC, Section Editor

14. Limb Lengthening for Upper Limb Deficiencies
Dror Paley, MD, FRCSC, Section Editor

15. Lower Limb Lengthening in Skeletal Dysplasias
William G. Mackenzie, MD, and Maria Julia Cornes, MD, Section Editors

16. Treatment of Soft-Tissue Contractures
Harold J.P. van Bosse, MD, Section Editor

17. Treatment of Premature Physeal Arrest
Timothy P. Carey, MD, Section Editor

18. Treatment of Segmental Bone Loss Due to Trauma
David W. Lowenberg, MD, Section Editor

19. Treatment of Segmental Bone Loss Due to Infection
George Cierny, III, MD, and Doreen DiPasquale, MD, Section Editors

20. Treatment of Segmental Bone Loss Due to Tumors
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, MD, PhD, Section Editor

21. Limb Lengthening in Skeletally Mature Patient
S. Robert Rozbruch, MD, Section Editor

22. Monitoring of Regenerate Bone
Neil Saran, MD, FRCSC, Reggie C. Hamdy, MB, ChC, MSc, FRCSC, Section

Editors