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A 13 year old male suffers a fracture to the left proximal tibia involving the physis. He develops a four-dimensional deformity (short, external rotation, valgus, and recurvatum) over time. Simultaneous correction of all four planes of deformity was achieved using the Taylor Spatial FrameTM.
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Iobst, C. (2015). Case 17: Traumatic Physeal Arrest of the Proximal Tibia with Deformity in All 4 Dimensions (Length, Coronal Angulation, Sagittal Angulation, and Rotation). 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_96
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