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From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Limb Length Discrepancy

Limb Lengthening

Definition of a Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon

Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency (PFFD)

by Robin C. Crandall, MD; Hugh G. Watts, MD; J Ivan Krajbich, MD

This slide lecture comprises three presentations from a course from the ACPOC 2005 Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL.

Topics covered include an exploration of why PFFD stumps after foot ablation are too long as well as discussions of bilateral PFFD and PFFD surgical decisionmaking.

The lecture is offered both with (Flash format) and without (HTML format) audio. The html version only contains the slides and not the presenter's spoken text.

Keywords: PFFD, proximal femoral focal deficiency, limb deficiency, femoral deficiency, Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics, pediatric prosthetics

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