Magee Trevor, Mackay Donald R, Segal Lee S
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.
Acta Orthop Belg. 2007 Apr;73(2):275-8.
A passive constriction phenomenon has been proposed to explain the development of congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia. We report a case of congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia in a child with congenital constriction band syndrome, successfully treated with soft tissue release (cutaneous and deep) only, restoring normal periosteal blood supply and enabling gradual correction of the angular osseous deformity and reformation of the intramedullary canal.