[Femur lengthening in children and adolescents. Comparative study of a series of 82 cases].

The authors reviewed 82 cases of femur lengthenings performed in 71 children and adolescents during a period of 15 years. They successively used 6 technics, the one-stage lengthening 14 times, the Judet technic 20 times, the Wagner technic 13 times, a personal technic combining the transversal osteotomy and a grafting 11 times, the llizarov technic 4 times, the callotasis technic 20 times. They study the complications faced, according to the technic, the etiology, the importance of the shortening, the age, and the repetition of the procedure.