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ba0004p10 | (1) | ICCBH2015

Infantile Blount's disease: histopathologic changes in the proximal tibial metaphysis -- comparison between medial and lateral specimens

Hollman Freek , Vroemen Pascal , Rompa Paul , Moh Prosper , van Rhijn Lodewijk , Weltink Tim , Staal Heleen

Only minor literature on histopathologic changes in BlountÂ’s disease is available. This study presents the histologic findings of biopsies harvested from the medial and lateral part of the proximal tibia during the W/M serrated osteotomy in patients with infantile BlountÂ’s disease, performed in Ghana. In this study it is hypothesized that the medial metaphyseal area in these children will present a different histological morphology compared to the lateral metaphyseal...