Case study
13 year old girl with rickets (underlying bone problem)
13 year old girl
Diagnosis:
Hypophosphatemic rickets with severe genu varum (bowed legs).
Multi-planar deformities.
Treatment:
Combined correction using acute deformity correction with FAN in femurs and gradual correction double level tibial osteotomies.
The femur was fixed using fixator assisted femoral nailing.
The tibia was fixed using a double level Taylor Spatial Frame.
Results:
Pre-op and Post-op Images
Highly specialized expert care at CLLC
At the Canadian Limb Lengthening Centre we offer complex deformity correction and limb lengthening surgeries performed by experienced surgeons with the most up to date technologies. When it comes to your care, and treatment of deformity and limb length discrepancy, our surgeons have extensive training and experience.
