Leg-length discrepancy
Leg-length discrepancy
Leg-length discrepancy
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Etiology of Undergrowth<br />
• Congenital limb deficiency<br />
: congenital femoral deficiency,<br />
congenital fibular deficiency, tibial hemimelia<br />
• Asymmetrical neurological disorders<br />
<strong>Leg</strong>-<strong>length</strong> <strong>discrepancy</strong><br />
: hemiplegic CP, poliomyelitis, hemimyelomeningocele<br />
• Traumatic causes: malunion, growth plate arrest<br />
• Hemiatrophy: Idiopathic, Russel-Silver syndrome<br />
• Other causes: infection, tumor, post-irradiation,<br />
Blount’s disease, LCPD, unilateral clubfoot,<br />
congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia
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