Bamboo Osteotomy for Blount’s Disease

Osteotomy for deformities in blount disease: A systematic review

“…6,20 Mobilization is early after bamboo osteotomy and late for double correction of McCarthy, while not reported in the study of Amer. [4][5][6] Ogbemudia incorporated a hinge after 14 days. 7 Early mobilization is required to prevent knee stiffness.…”

“…Bamboo osteotomy was first reported by Siregar from Indonesia in 2010. 6 It is claimed to be more stable and the healing is more rapid. Another advantage of this method is the evitable need for prophylaxis fasciotomy.…”

“…[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Of these articles, only four articles fitted the study criteria. [4][5][6][7] They were summarized in Table 1. Bamboo osteotomy was first reported by Siregar from Indonesia in 2010.…”

“…4,5 Although lengthening procedure is not available for Bamboo and inverted-U osteotomy, they do not further shorten the bone similar to that observed in osteotomy involving removal of laterally based wedge of bone. 6,20 Mobilization is early after bamboo osteotomy and late for double correction of McCarthy, while not reported in the study of Amer. [4][5][6] Ogbemudia incorporated a hinge after 14 days.…”

“…Most of them are limited to case report, 6 or retrospective studies. 4,5 None of these studies is prospective randomized controlled trial.…”