: Severe knee malalignment in children usually needs surgery with different options available in surgical approaches. The aim of this study was to report the results of the surgical correction of severe knee malalignment in children treated with femoral and tibial osteotomy, temporarily fixed with percutaneous Kirschner wires, in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC), with limited medical resources.
Surgical approach to correction of severe knee malalignment in a pediatric population in Tanzania / Sanzarello, Ilaria; Nanni, Matteo; Leonetti, Danilo; Fenga, Domenico; Traina, Francesco; Faldini, Cesare. - In: FOLIA MEDICA. - ISSN 1314-2143. - ELETTRONICO. - 65:6(2023), pp. 885-893. [10.3897/folmed.65.e102090]
Surgical approach to correction of severe knee malalignment in a pediatric population in Tanzania
Nanni, Matteo;Leonetti, Danilo
;Traina, Francesco;Faldini, Cesare
2023
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: Severe knee malalignment in children usually needs surgery with different options available in surgical approaches. The aim of this study was to report the results of the surgical correction of severe knee malalignment in children treated with femoral and tibial osteotomy, temporarily fixed with percutaneous Kirschner wires, in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC), with limited medical resources.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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