Patient-reported Outcomes of Adolescents Treated With Guided Growth to Correct Idiopathic Genu Valgum.

Background: Guided growth is commonly used to treat frontal plane alignment deformities in skeletally immature individuals. Treatment aims are to correct the biomechanical loading of the knee and to avoid more invasive surgery that would be required after skeletal maturity. There is little published evidence of pain perception or functional limitations in this population.