Infantile tibia vara: Treatment of Langenskiold stage IV

Infantile tibia vara.

Natural history of infantile tibia vara.

We have observed the natural history without treatment of 46 limbs in 29 patients with infantile tibia vara and a metaphyseal-diaphyseal angle (MDA) of more than 11 degrees. The femorotibial angle (FTA) and MDA were measured, and Langenskiöld's classification of radiological changes in the proximal medial metaphysis of the tibia was used. In 22 limbs which were not in Langenskiöld stages II to ...

Does langenskiold staging have a good prognostic value in late onset tibia vara?

BACKGROUND Although many literature studied the effect of many factors on the prognosis of the early-onset Blount disease, studies that were written on the prognostic factors affecting late onset tibia vara are still limited. PURPOSE The aim of this study is to evaluate the prognostic value of the Langenskiold classification system for late onset tibia vara. METHODS Twenty children from the...

Comprehensive treatment of late-onset tibia vara.

BACKGROUND Late-onset tibia vara (Blount disease) can be difficult to treat because of frequent morbid obesity and associated deformities, including distal femoral varus, proximal tibial procurvatum, and distal tibial valgus, that contribute to lower extremity malalignment. We present a comprehensive approach that addresses all components of the deformity and allows restoration of the anatomic ...

Familial infantile coxa vara.

Case 1-A man of thirty-six sought advice because he had wrenched his left hip while cycling. He had had previous trouble with his hips from the age of eighteen, but the attacks of pain were infrequent and settled rapidly. He worked as a brewery manager with little difficulty. Four years before he attended he had had a piece of bone removed from the right knee for osteochondritis. Figure 1 shows...