Guided Growth Procedures: Broken Tension Band Implants in Patients With Blount Disease
Chapman P, Dueber D, Stephenson L, Scott A, Lerman J, Powell K, Nossov S, Franklin C, Westberry D, Ackman J, Walker J. Guided Growth Procedures: Broken Tension Band Implants in Patients With Blount Disease. Journal Of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2022, 42: e435-e440. PMID: 35200213, DOI: 10.1097/bpo.0000000000002103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexImplant breakagePerioperative factorsBlount diseaseMm screwsAssociated with increased BMIRetrospective case-control studyIncreased BMICase-control studyUnivariate logistic regressionLate-onset Blount diseaseTension band platingIncreasing varus deformityVarus deformityTBI proceduresPatient demographicsMass indexScrew implantsLevel IIIPatientsOrthopaedic centersImplant factorsMetaphyseal screwBonferroni correctionBand plating
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