Leg lengthening for short stature in Turner's syndrome

We describe ten patients with Turner's syndrome (karyotype 45, XO) who had leg lengthening for short stature. A high incidence of postoperative complications was encountered and many patients required intramedullary fixation as a salvage procedure. We discuss the reasons for this and highlight...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume 2000-11, Vol.82 (8), p.1174-1176
Hauptverfasser:	BIDWELL, J. P, BENNET, G. C, BELL, M. J, WITHEROW, P. J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Biological and medical sciences Body Height Bone Lengthening - adverse effects Bone Lengthening - instrumentation Bone Lengthening - methods Female Femoral Fractures - diagnostic imaging Femoral Fractures - etiology Femoral Fractures - surgery Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary Fracture Healing Humans Karyotyping Leg Length Inequality - diagnostic imaging Leg Length Inequality - etiology Leg Length Inequality - surgery Medical sciences Orthopedic surgery Phenotype Radiography Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Treatment Outcome Turner Syndrome - complications Turner Syndrome - genetics
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe ten patients with Turner's syndrome (karyotype 45, XO) who had leg lengthening for short stature. A high incidence of postoperative complications was encountered and many patients required intramedullary fixation as a salvage procedure. We discuss the reasons for this and highlight the differences between our findings and those of a similar series recently reported. In view of the considerable difficulties encountered, we do not recommend leg lengthening in Turner's syndrome.
ISSN:	0301-620X 2049-4394 2044-5377 2049-4408
DOI:	10.1302/0301-620X.82B8.0821174