Rotational-guided growth

Rotational deformities of the long bones can be corrected with rotationally guided growth during the growth phase

Background and purpose - Coronal and sagittal plane long bone deformities can be corrected with guided growth, whereas transverse plane rotational deformities require osteotomy and internal or external fixation. We investigated whether rotational changes can be introduced with the plating technique. Methods - 45 rabbits (6 weeks old) were divided into 3 groups. The unoperated right tibia was us...

Growth Guided Shape Recovery

A central problem in computer vision is to detect, delineate (segment) and recognize objects in an image. One reason why this is diicult is that very little information speciic to given types of objects is used during segmentation. Making use of information about an object's shape, for example, should facilitate and improve the segmentation of that object. This paper introduces a 2D discrete gr...

Class III dento-skeletal anomalies: rotational growth and treatment timing.

AIM The interception of a Class III malocclusion requires a long-term growth prediction in order to estimate the subject's evolution from the prepubertal phase to adulthood. The aim of this retrospective longitudinal study was to highlight the differences in facial morphology in relation to the direction of mandibular growth in a sample of subjects with Class III skeletal anomalies divided on t...

Guided growth: 1933 to the present

Guided growth for tibia vara (Blount's disease)

Blount's disease is commonly attributed to an intrinsic, idiopathic defect in the posteromedial proximal tibial physis resulting in progressive bowing of the leg, intoeing, and lateral knee thrust. Treatment has historically included bracing, physeal stapling, or corrective osteotomy, and was determined primarily by age at presentation. As we feel the pathology is not necessarily age dependent,...