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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXIV | Pages 1 - 1
1 May 2012
El-Adl G Khalil M Enan A Mostafa M El-Lakkany M
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Aim

A retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate and compare the results of telescoping (group I) versus non-telescoping rods (group II) in the treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta.

Materials and Methods

Thirty-three lower limb segments in ten patients were studied (14 segments in group I and 19 segments in group II). The surgical techniques of Sofield and Miller (1959) and Lang-Stevenson and Sharrard (1984) for rod insertion were used. All cases were assessed clinically regarding mobility status, growth and limb-length, refracture, and infection. They were also assessed radiologically regarding rod migration, bone outgrowing the rod, incorrect T-piece placement, breakage and bending of rods.