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Aurélien Courvoisier1, Ahmad Eid, Philippe Merloz
1Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Grenoble University Hospital, BP 217, 38043, Grenoble Cedex 9, France, acourvoisier@chu-grenoble.fr.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical and radiological outcomes of hemiepiphysiodesis with a single medial staple of the proximal tibia in idiopathic genu valgum angular correction.
Methods:
A retrospective review was performed identifying nine adolescents (18 knees) treated for idiopathic adolescent genu valgum by means of a bilateral hemiepiphysiodesis with a single staple of the proximal tibia. The intermalleolar distance (IMD) and hip-knee-ankle angle were measured at skeletal maturity.
Results:
The IMD and hip-knee-ankle angle were reduced in all patients at skeletal maturity.
Conclusion:
Hemiepiphysiodesis with a single medial staple of the proximal tibia seems to be a reliable and safe alternative method to achieve correction of an idiopathic genu valgum.
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