Contemporary Management of Juvenile Blount Disease: The Evolving Role of Guided Growth
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/1xcsy284Keywords:
Juvenile Blount disease, tibia vara, guided growth, tension-band platingAbstract
Background: Juvenile Blount disease is a progressive growth disturbance of the proximal tibial physis that produces pathologic genu varum and may be accompanied by internal tibial rotation, procurvatum, limb-length discrepancy, and progressive alteration of lower-limb mechanical alignment. The condition represents a complex interaction between abnormal mechanical loading and impaired medialphyseal growth, with obesity, early walking, deformity severity, and remaining growth potential influencing
Downloads
References
Sabharwal S. Blount disease. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009;91(7):1758-1776. doi:10.2106/JBJS.H.01348.
Birch JG. Blount disease. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2013;21(7):408-418. doi:10.5435/JAAOS-21-07-408.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation .
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
