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Table 3 Treatment-related difficulties

From: Simultaneous femoral and tibial lengthening for severe limb length discrepancy in fibular hemimelia

Case no.

Pin

tract infection

Insufficiency fracture

Knee stiffness

Knee dislocation

Superficial skin necrosis

Neurovascular injuries

Valgus deformity of the regenerate

Significant LLD

1

*

 

*

     

2

*

 

*

     

3

*

 

*

     

4

*

 

*

   

*

*

5

*

 

*

     

6

*

*

*

     

7

*

 

*

     

8

*

 

*

     

9

*

 

*

     

10

*

 

*

     

11

*

 

*

 

*

 

*

*

12

*

 

*

     
  1. LLD — limb length discrepancy