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15972921

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
Ollier's disease is characterised by severe deformity of the extremities and retarded growth because of multiple enchondromas. For correction of deformity, the Ilizarov method has been used although it has many complications. A 17-year-old boy with Ollier's disease had a limb-length discrepancy of 17.4 cm, with a valgus deformity of the right knee and recurvatum of the femur of 23 degrees . He had undergone three unsuccessful attempts to correct the deformities by using external fixators. We used a fully implantable, motorised, lengthening and correction nail (Fitbone) to achieve full correction of all the deformities without complications. We decided to carry out the procedure in three stages. First, we lengthened the femur by 3.6 cm and the tibia by 4 cm. We then exchanged the femoral nail for a longer implant and achieved a further 6 cm of length. This reduced the shortening to 3.8 cm. When the boy has finished secondary school we will adjust the remaining discrepancy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0301-620X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1000-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
The management of leg-length discrepancy in Ollier's disease with a fully implantable lengthening nail.
pubmed:affiliation
Surgical Department University of Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 20, 80336 Munich, Germany. rainer.baumgart@med.uni-muenchen.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports