Tibia Vara

Infantile tibia vara.

Femoral deformity in tibia vara.

BACKGROUND Previous studies have suggested that compensatory valgus deformity of the femur is common in patients with tibia vara, or Blount disease. The availability and routine use of standing long-cassette radiographs of the lower extremities to assess angular deformities has allowed quantitative evaluation of this hypothesis. METHODS The cases of all patients with tibia vara, two years of ...

Observations on the Etiology of Tibia Vara

Varus deformity at the upper end of the tibia was reported by Erlacher (1922) and LUlsdorf (1931), who considered it to be a type of osteochondritis. Blount (1937) presented a personal series of thirt en cases and reviewed fifteen cases from the literature. He called the condition tibia vara and suggested that the term osteochondrosis was more appropriate than osteochondritis. Further reports o...

Natural history of infantile tibia vara.

We have observed the natural history without treatment of 46 limbs in 29 patients with infantile tibia vara and a metaphyseal-diaphyseal angle (MDA) of more than 11 degrees. The femorotibial angle (FTA) and MDA were measured, and Langenskiöld's classification of radiological changes in the proximal medial metaphysis of the tibia was used. In 22 limbs which were not in Langenskiöld stages II to ...

Comprehensive treatment of late-onset tibia vara.

BACKGROUND Late-onset tibia vara (Blount disease) can be difficult to treat because of frequent morbid obesity and associated deformities, including distal femoral varus, proximal tibial procurvatum, and distal tibial valgus, that contribute to lower extremity malalignment. We present a comprehensive approach that addresses all components of the deformity and allows restoration of the anatomic ...