Adolescent with 15 cm Humeral Shortening from Osteomyelitis Treated by Humeral Lengthening via Circular External Fixation
摘要
`Fifteen year old male with a multifocal osteomyelitis presumably due to neonatal sepsisNeonatal sepsis resulted in varus deformity of the proximal tibia with internal rotation and shortening, which were corrected previously, and varus-procurvatum deformity of the left humerus with 15-cm shortening. Patient underwent 14-cm humeral lengthening after midshaft osteotomy and acute deformity correction using circular external fixation.