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A 12 year old male with 10° distal femoral varus and 7.5 cm of leg length discrepancy of unknown cause underwent distal femoral osteotomy followed by acute angular deformity correction and femoral lengthening using PRECICE retrograde intramedullary nail.
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Birch, J., Cherkashin, A., Samchukov, M. (2015). Case 18: Adolescent with 7-cm Femoral Shortening due to Physeal Growth Deceleration: Femoral Lengthening with PRECICE Retrograde Intramedullary Nail. 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_88
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