Abstract
A 57 year old man presented with a distal tibial fracture of the left limb that had been treated with a plate. He had progressive deformity due to hardware failure and had developed significant varus angulation of 25° and nonunion. He underwent repair of the tibial nonunion and osteotomy with application of a Taylor spatial frame (TSF) (Smith & Nephew, Memphis, TN) for gradual deformity correction.
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Riedel, M.M., Conway, J.D. (2015). Case 18: Gradual Correction of Distal Tibial Varus Deformity. In: Rozbruch, S., Hamdy, R. (eds) Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery Case Atlas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18020-5_220
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