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This case illustrates an approach to a young patient with a large varus deformity and LCL laxity . After analyzing the deformity, it became clear that the varus was coming from the distal femur, proximal tibia, and joint line obliquity. Also present was a procurvatum deformity of the proximal tibia. We performed an acute deformity correction of the femur with a plate and a gradual correction of the tibia varus and procurvatum with a TSF. With correction of the deformity, the LCL laxity improved dramatically.
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Rozbruch, S.R. (2015). Case 27: Correction of Varus Deformity of the Femur and Tibia in Patient with LCL Laxity. 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_224
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