Osteotomy

A 25-year-old woman presented to the hospital as a level 2 trauma activation as the unrestrained driver in a motor vehicle accident. In the trauma bay, she complained of bilateral lower extremity pain.

A 20-year-old woman presented with long-standing right groin pain that she first noticed during high school sports. She did not seek evaluation until beginning college athletics, when she noted increasing pain and functional limitations.

According to presented results, patients who undergo three-column osteotomy for adult spinal deformity may have an increased risk for neurologic complications compared with patients who undergo surgery without three-column osteotomy.

Results showed more posterior column osteotomies performed at the time of conversion from growing rods spinal fusion may lead to more curve correction without increasing complications in patients with early onset scoliosis.

According to presented results, patients who undergo minimally invasive hallux valgus correction surgery may expect complete bony union at 6 months, regardless of postoperative cortical formation or degree of displacement.

Presented results showed minimally invasive chevron and Akin osteotomy may be an effective treatment for hallux valgus deformity correction.

A 21-year-old man presented with bilateral knee recurrent patellar instability.

Use of magnetic growing intramedullary nails in compression may yield a high union rate in intercalary allograft reconstruction, according to results presented at the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society Annual Meeting.

Results showed a novel posterior column osteotomy technique may be effective in improving deformity correction in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis undergoing posterior spinal fusion.

DENVER — In this video, Michael J. Alaia, MD, discusses results that showed high tibial and distal femoral osteotomies may yield high satisfaction rates among high-level athletes.