Abstract
Purpose: Clinical manifestations of achondroplasia often include genu varum, but the exact etiology of this manifestation is unknown. Current surgical treatment options include tibial osteotomy with or without fibular osteotomy and growth modulation by plates and screws. Frustrated by his results with these techniques, a single surgeon began performing a planned fibular nonunion (PFN) with the belief that fibular overgrowth was the main contributing factor. The purpose of this study is to describe this pediatric technique and report the clinical and radiographic outcomes through skeletal …
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