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Evaluation and Treatment of Angular Deformities

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Abnormalities in lower limb alignment are common and differentiating pathologic from physiologic limb alignment is important prior to planning treatment. This chapter considers preoperative planning for correction of deformities by osteotomy or hemiepiphysiodesis, focusing on coronal malalignment in the lower extremities.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Orthopedics, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Suite 7300, Doctors Office Center, 90 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA

    Sanjeev Sabharwal MD, MPH

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, Children’s Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA

    Richard M. Schwend MD

  3. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    David A. Spiegel MD (Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery)

  4. Honorary Consultant in Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children, Janagal, Kavre, Nepal

    David A. Spiegel MD (Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery)

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  1. Sanjeev Sabharwal MD, MPH
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Correspondence to David A. Spiegel MD .

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, Montana, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Sabharwal, S., Schwend, R.M., Spiegel, D.A. (2014). Evaluation and Treatment of Angular Deformities. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_37

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