Congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia

Wallace B. Lehman; Dan Atar; David S. Feldman; Jonathan C. Gordon; Alfred D. Grant

doi:10.1097/01202412-200004000-00005

Congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia

Wallace B. Lehman, Dan Atar, David S. Feldman, Jonathan C. Gordon, Alfred D. Grant

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Abstract

Congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia remains one of the most difficult conditions to treat in orthopedic surgery. Seven cases were treated in our hospital by different methods. Three out of seven patients were healed, two of these refractured. At follow-up, the success rate was 14% (one out of seven cases). It is our recommendation that early primary amputation with an appropriate prosthesis should be considered, and that the final evaluation should not be based on obtaining bone union, but on the level of function of the lower extremity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	103-107
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01202412-200004000-00005
State	Published - 1 Jan 2000

Keywords

Pseudoarthrosis
Surgical treatment
Tibia

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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