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Tibial Hemimelia ICD-9
- 755.30 unspecified reduction deformity of the lower limb; hemimelia NOS of lower limb
Tibial Hemimelia Natural History / Etiology
- Synonyms: Congenital absence of the tibial
- rare anomaly
- characterized by leg length inequality, malrotation of the extremity, and an equinovarus position of the foot.
Tibial Hemimelia Treatment
- disarticulation at the knee
- Centralization of the fibula has been performed in the past with poor long term results, which have required reoperations leading to amputations
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