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Case 14: Proximal Tibial Recurvatum Corrected Using the Ilizarov Technique in a 14 Year Old Boy

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This is a case of idiopathic proximal tibial recurvatum in a 14 year old boy. The deformity was successfully corrected using the Ilizarov technique.

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  1. Division of Orthopaedics, Shriners Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Elizabeth Ashby

  2. Shriners Hospital and Montreal Children Hospital, Division of Paediatric Orthopaedics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Reggie C. Hamdy & François Fassier

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Correspondence to Elizabeth Ashby .

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  1. Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA

    S. Robert Rozbruch

  2. Shriners Hospital and Montreal Children Hospital, Division of Paediatric Orthopaedics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Reggie C. Hamdy

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Ashby, E., Hamdy, R.C., Fassier, F. (2015). Case 14: Proximal Tibial Recurvatum Corrected Using the Ilizarov Technique in a 14 Year Old Boy. In: Rozbruch, S., Hamdy, R. (eds) Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery Case Atlas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18023-6_351

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