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  • Condition: Osgood-Schlatter Disease (OSD)
  • Journal: Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
  • Treatment Used: Dextrose Injections
  • Number of Patients: 38
  • Published —
This study compared the effects of dextrose injection and saline injection in the treatment of Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD), an inflammation of tibial tuberosity.
  • Condition: proximal tibia deformity in Blount disease in adolescent and young adults
  • Journal: Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)
  • Treatment Used: gradual correction through single-level extra-articular corticotomy
  • Number of Patients: 22
  • Published —
The purpose of the study was to investigate the surgical outcome and complication rate of gradual correction of neglected Blount disease through single-level extra-articular corticotomy.
  • Condition: Osteoarthritis with Extra-Articular Deformity
  • Journal: Orthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research : OTSR
  • Treatment Used: Same-Stage Total Knee Arthroplasty and Osteotomy
  • Number of Patients: 25
  • Published —
This study assessed outcomes in patients managed with same-stage total knee arthroplasty (replacement; TKA) and tibial osteotomy (1S-TKA-TO) in the treatment of osteoarthritis with extra-articular deformity.
  • Condition: Blount Disease
  • Journal: Journal of pediatric orthopedics
  • Treatment Used: Tension Band Plate (TBP)-guided Hemiepiphysiodesis
  • Number of Patients: 40
  • Published —
The study researched the use of tension band plate (TBP)-guided hemiepiphysiodesis to treat blount disease.
  • Condition: Blount disease
  • Journal: Journal of pediatric orthopedics
  • Treatment Used: Ilizarov external fixator or a Taylor spatial frame (TSF)
  • Number of Patients: 41
  • Published —
The study compared the outcomes of Ilizarov external fixator or a Taylor spatial frame (TSF) for patients with Blount disease.
  • Condition: Blount Disease
  • Journal: Journal of pediatric orthopedics. Part B
  • Treatment Used: Temporary Hemiepiphysiodesis
  • Number of Patients: 0
  • Published —
This study investigated using a temporary hemiepiphysiodesis as a treatment for Blount disease.
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