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Humeral Lengthening in Hypoplasia of the Upper Limb

1985; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 5; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/01241398-198503000-00015

1539-2570

Alessandro Dal Monte, Angelo Oreste Andrisano, Marco Manfrini, Maurizio Zucchi,

Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery

Summary: Surgical treatment for the correction of upper limb discrepancies with primary involvement of the humerus is reported. The operative technique, the lengthening procedure with the G3-IOR distractor, and the successive external fixation are described. In the seven extremities treated, the mean lengthening was 5.0 cm, the mean percentage lengthening was 25.2%, and the mean residual discrepancy was 2.9 cm. The authors believe that humeral lengthening is advisable for 13- to 15-year-old patients with hypoplasia of the humerus when the discrepancy is >3 cm.