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Congenital Short limb - CHU Sainte-Justine - SAAC

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Coventry/Johnson<br />

– Type I: partial, unilateral absence of the fibula<br />

• (Limb salvage likely appropriate)<br />

– Type II: (nearly) completely absent fibula<br />

• (Syme/Boyd amputation appropriate)<br />

– Type III: associated anomalies or bilateral<br />

• (Foot correction prn; no LLD)<br />

JBJS 34(A), 1952

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