Monday April 8, 2024: The Child with Lower Limb Length Discrepancy: Orthotic and Surgical Management
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Greetings and Introduction
Dr Sharon Eylon (moderator), Head, Pediatric Orthopedic Rehabilitation and PARC PI, The Helmsley Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Research Center, ALYN Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Introduction to limb development and incidence of congenital deformity
Mr Peter Calder, Consultant Paediatric and Limb Reconstruction Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London, UK
The Orthotic solution - Extension-prosthesis
Dr Sharon Eylon, Head, Pediatric Orthopedic Rehabilitation and PARC PI, The Helmsley Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Research Center, ALYN Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Quality of life and function of adults with Extension-prostheses, and the change in use in the era of Limb Lengthening surgery
Dr. Vladimir Goldman, Orthopedics Surgery Department, Pediatric Orthopedics Unit. Head of Limb Lengthening and Deformities Correction Service, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Congenital Femur Deficiency/Tibial Hemimelia/Fibular Hemimelia - Classification, surgical treatment, enhancement of function
Mr Peter Calder, Consultant Paediatric and Limb Reconstruction Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London, UK