Correction of Severe Knees Valgus Deformities in a Patient With Renal Osteodystrophy.

J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev

From the Department of Orthopaedics (Dr. C. Bytyqi, Dr. D. Bytyqi, Dr. Shabani, Dr. Salihaj), University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina," Prishtina, Kosovo, and Medizinische Klinik 2 (Dr. V. Bytyqi), Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.

Published: September 2022

Renal osteodystrophy (ROD) is a complex and rare entity that refers to a large spectrum of abnormalities of skeletal homeostasis in patients suffering from chronic kidney disease. The goal of this study was to present the outcome of the very rare case of an adult with severe deformity of painful bilateral valgus knees due to ROD, requiring multilevel osteotomies above and below the knee. A 42-year-old male patient was admitted to our department with painful severe bilateral valgus knees deformity due to ROD. The patient underwent bilateral lateral opening-wedge osteotomy of distal femur and medial tibial closing-wedge osteotomy. The osteotomies site healed in 8 weeks without complications. The surgical treatment of lower limb valgus knee deformities secondary to ROD is a challenging and demanding procedure. In our patient, the femoral opening-wedge osteotomy with blade-plate fixation, and tibial closing-wedge osteotomy with plate fixation, restored almost normal knee congruency to prevent lateral unicompartmental degenerative deterioration of the knee.

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