Correction of Tetratorsional Malalignment of the Lower Extremities Improves Patient-Reported Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Axial malalignment of the bilateral femurs and tibias, previously known as "miserable" malalignment, now renamed tetratorsional malalignment (TTM), presents with hip and/or knee pain refractory to nonoperative treatment.

Purpose

We sought to investigate whether bilateral rotational osteotomy of the femur and tibia leads to improvement in a deformity-specific patient-reported outcome measure (PROM).

Methods

A retrospective review of patients who underwent staged rotational correction of the bilateral femur and tibias was performed. Computed tomography (CT) was used to measure the preoperative rotational profile and plan the surgical correction. Stabilization was predominantly with intramedullary nails. The primary outcome measure was the Limb Deformity-modif

SUBMITTER: Reif TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11523178 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature