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Area of Science:

  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Pediatric Orthopedics
  • Skeletal Dysplasias

Background:

  • Pseudoachondroplasia presents with challenging angular, rotational, and ligamentous deformities.
  • Surgical correction of these deformities requires careful planning to optimize outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the radiographic and clinical outcomes of surgical correction for pseudoachondroplasia.
  • To identify complications and risk factors associated with deformity correction in pseudoachondroplasia.
  • To determine the optimal surgical strategy to minimize complications, particularly knee stiffness.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of seven patients (two children, five adults) with 26 segmental deformities.
  • Surgical procedures included bilateral femoral and tibial osteotomies, utilizing distraction osteogenesis or acute correction.
  • External fixation was applied to all treated segments.

Main Results:

  • Radiographic outcomes were rated as good (5), fair (12), or poor (9), with 9 major and 12 minor complications.
  • Clinical outcomes were rated as good (4), fair (5), or poor (5), with 5 major and 14 minor complications.
  • Knee stiffness was the most frequent complication, especially after simultaneous ipsilateral tibial and femoral deformity correction.

Conclusions:

  • Recurrent deformity in children and refracture in adults were associated with poor results.
  • A staged surgical approach, performing tibial osteotomies before femoral osteotomies, is recommended to reduce the incidence of knee stiffness.
  • This strategy aims to improve functional outcomes and minimize surgical morbidity in pseudoachondroplasia patients.