Preliminary Results of Bone Lengthening over Telescopic Titanium Intramedullary Rod

Table 1

Patients demographic data and type of surgery.

Patient	Diagnosis	Age	Type of surgery with rod	Telescopic rod	Simultaneous surgery
S.	Osteogenesis imperfecta, type I	5 years and 2 months	Bifocal osteotomy of right femur (proximal shaft site—Acute torsion and open wedge varus deformity correction, distal shaft site—Progressive lengthening)	Titanium telescopic rod of 4.2 mm diameter, antegrade insertion in right femur	Ilizarov frame
L.	Ollier’s disease	4 years and 9 months	Distal femoral shaft osteotomy, acute torsional and varus (closed wedge) deformity correction	Titanium telescopic rod of 5.5 mm diameter, antegrade insertion in right femur	Ilizarov frame simultaneous tibial lengthening over elastic nails
R.	Ollier’s disease	7 years and 4 months	Distal femoral metaphysis closed wedge osteotomy, acute varus deformity correction	Titanium telescopic rod of 5.5 mm diameter, retrograde insertion in right femur	Ilizarov frame, removal of one elastic nail from femur