Total hip and knee arthroplasty in patients with hereditary multiple exostoses.
Mesfin A, Goddard MS, Tuakli-Wosornu YA, Khanuja HS. Total hip and knee arthroplasty in patients with hereditary multiple exostoses. Orthopedics 2012, 35: e1807-10. PMID: 23218641, DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20121120-29.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal hip arthroplastyHereditary multiple exostosesTotal knee arthroplastyBony deformityHip arthroplastyMultiple exostosesKnee deformityTotal hipKnee arthroplastyValgus deformityMalignant transformationCoxa valga deformityPrevious reconstructive surgeryValgus knee deformityLimb length discrepancyBone scanPathologic evaluationSuch patientsSurgical treatmentPediatric populationSurgical managementPainful lesionsPatient populationTotal kneeDeformity correction