ORTHOPAEDIC CONDITIONS
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Limb Length Discrepancy
Congenital Lower Limb Problems
Congenital Upper Limb Problems
Other Pediatric Lower Limb Length and Deformity Problems (Developmental)
Other Pediatric Upper Limb Length Discrepancy and Deformity
Tumor-like conditions
Dwarfism and Skeletal Dysplasias
Foot Deformities
Post-traumatic Deformities
Joint Preservation Treatment to treat or prevent arthritis
Other Websites/Links of Interest
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All illustrations in the powerpoint presentations and videos were created by Joy Marlowe at the Rubin Institute for Advanced
Orthopedics.
Limb Length Discrepancy
 | Causes |
 | Biology of Limb Lengthening video presentation |
| Prediction | |
| Treatment Methods |
| Limb Lengthening Methods video presentation |
Congenital Lower Limb Problems
| Congenital Femoral Deficiency |
| Lengthening Reconstruction Surgery for Congenital Femoral Deficiency PDF | |
| Congenital Femoral Deficiency video presentation |
| Fibular Hemimelia |
| Fibular Hemimelia: lengthening reconstruction surgery video presentation |
| Tibial Hemimelia | |
| Congenital Pseudarthrosis | |
| Hemihypertrophy | |
| Posteromedial Bowing of Tibia |
Congenital Upper Limb Problems
| Radial Club Hand and TAR Syndrome | |
| Ulnar Club Hand and Ulnar Dysplasia | |
| Madelung’s Deformity | |
| Syndactaly | |
| Absent Thumb |
| Lengthening and Deformity Correction in the Upper Extremities PDF (55 pages) |
Other Pediatric Lower Limb Length and Deformity Problems (Developmental)
| Neonatal Sepsis | |
| Post-traumatic Growth Arrest | |
| Blount’s Disease |
| Perthes' Disease written information | |
| Perthes: Hip Distraction Treatment video presentation |
Other Pediatric Upper Limb Length Discrepancy and Deformity
| Growth arrest | |
| Neonatal Sepsis |
Tumor-like conditions
| Ollier’s Disease | |
| Multiple Hereditary Exostoses (Osteochondromas) |
| More information concerning MHE check the MHE Research Foundation website |
| Fibrous Dysplasia | |
| Neurofibromatosis |
Dwarfism and Skeletal Dysplasias
| Achondroplasia and Hypochondroplasia |
| PALEY Methods for Extensive Limb Lengthening for Achondroplasia video presentation | |
| Methods and Strategies in Limb Lengthening and Realignment for Skeletal Dysplasia (18 pages) | |
| Within Rachael's Reach by Esther Whitehead PDF (A story poem) |
| Sponylo-epiphyseal Dysplasia | |
| Pseudo-achondroplasia | |
| Diastrophic Dwarfism |
Foot Deformities
| Brachymetatarsia | |
| Clubfoot | |
| Rocker-bottom Foot |
| Principles of Foot Deformity Correction: Ilizarov Technique PDF (39 pages) |
| Other foot deformities |
Post-traumatic Deformities
| Malunions | |
| Nonunions | |
| Osteomyelitis |
Joint Preservation Treatment to treat or prevent arthritis
| Hip | |
| Knee |
| Principles of Correction for Monocompartmental Arthritis of the Knee PDF (25 pages) |
| Ankle |
Other Websites/Links of Interest