Correction of gait after derotation osteotomies in cerebral palsy: Are the effects predictable?

摘要

Derotation osteotomies of the femur and tibia are established procedures to improve transverse plane deformities during walking with inwardly pointing knees and in- and out toeing gait. However, effects of femoral derotation osteotomies on gait were reported to be small, and those for the tibia are not known. Therefore, the aim of the study was to show the relation between the amount of intraoperative rotation and the changes during gait for osteotomies at femur and tibia levels, and predict those for the femur from preoperative clinical and gait data.