[Femoral lengthening with a uniplanar external fixator in pediatric patients]

Pelvic limb length discrepancies > 4 cm are a challenge that some orthopedists face and multiple methods and procedures have been proposed; among them, callotasis facilitates the management of these discrepancies. This paper reports the experience obtained with 133 femoral lengthenings divided into "and" 14 years of age with acquired or congenital conditions. Lengthening variables and complications were analyzed (with Velásquez' criteria). This study has favorable factors for case analysis, such as the use of a single type of fixator and the use of the same treatment method in pediatric patients. Our results are no different from the world literature concerning the incidence rate of complications by age and diagnosis as well as the healing rate.