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Baroncelli GI, Comberiati P, Aversa T, Baronio F, Cassio A, Chiarito M, Cosci o di Coscio M, De Sanctis L, Di Iorgi N, Faienza MF, Fintini D, Franceschi R, Kalapurackal M, Longhi S, Mariani M, Pitea M, Secco A, Tessaris D, Vierucci F, Wasniewska M, Weber G, Mora S. Diagnosis, treatment, and management of rickets: a position statement from the Bone and Mineral Metabolism Group of the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024; 15:1383681. [PMID: 38706696 PMCID: PMC11066174 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1383681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024] Open
Abstract
Rickets results from impaired mineralization of growing bone due to alterations in calcium and phosphate homeostasis. Clinical signs of rickets are related to the age of the patient, the duration of the disease, and the underlying disorder. The most common signs of rickets are swelling of the wrists, knees or ankles, bowing of the legs (knock-knees, outward bowing, or both) and inability to walk. However, clinical features alone cannot differentiate between the various forms of rickets. Rickets includes a heterogeneous group of acquired and inherited diseases. Nutritional rickets is due to a deficiency of vitamin D, dietary calcium or phosphate. Mutations in genes responsible for vitamin D metabolism or function, the production or breakdown of fibroblast growth factor 23, renal phosphate regulation, or bone mineralization can lead to the hereditary form of rickets. This position paper reviews the relevant literature and presents the expertise of the Bone and Mineral Metabolism Group of the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (SIEDP). The aim of this document is to provide practical guidance to specialists and healthcare professionals on the main criteria for diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients with rickets. The various forms of rickets are discussed, and detailed references for the discussion of each form are provided. Algorithms to guide the diagnostic approach and recommendations to manage patients with rare forms of hereditary rickets are proposed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Giampiero I. Baroncelli
- Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Division of Pediatrics, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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- Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Division of Pediatrics, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Paediatrics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- Pediatric Unit, University Hospital “G. Martino”, Messina, Italy
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- Pediatric Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Pediatric Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Pediatric Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University “A. Moro” of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Division of Pediatrics, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, Regina Margherita Children’s Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Pediatric Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University “A. Moro” of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Endocrinology and Diabetology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Santa Chiara Hospital of Trento, APSS, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital of Bolzano (SABES-ASDAA), Teaching Hospital of Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), Bolzano, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital of Bolzano (SABES-ASDAA), Teaching Hospital of Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), Bolzano, Italy
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- Endocrinology and Diabetology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric and Pediatric Emergency Unit, Children Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio e C. Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, Regina Margherita Children’s Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Senoo S, Fujimoto M, Yamaguchi Y, Osaki M, Hanaki K, Namba N. Switching to burosumab from conventional therapy in siblings with relatively well-controlled X-linked hypophosphatemia. Clin Pediatr Endocrinol 2024; 33:27-34. [PMID: 38299174 PMCID: PMC10825651 DOI: 10.1297/cpe.2023-0043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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Burosumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody against fibroblast growth factor 23, is mainly administered to patients with severe X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH). However, there have been few reports on its use in relatively mild cases. In this report, we administered burosumab to two siblings with XLH who had been effectively treated with oral phosphate and active vitamin D. Both patients showed further improvement in radiographic and laboratory findings with burosumab compared with conventional treatment. Upon switching treatment, popliteal pain was reported in case 1 until her phosphorus levels normalized. This emphasizes the importance of monitoring not only rickets and calcium/phosphate metabolism but all symptoms of XLH after initiating burosumab. Notably, in cases 1 and 2, burosumab sustained catch-up growth, especially in case 1, who had not yet reached puberty. Further clinical studies are needed to determine whether burosumab improves growth and proportional abnormalities in patients with mild XLH.
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- Shintaro Senoo
- Division of Pediatrics and Perinatology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Pediatrics and Perinatology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Pediatrics and Perinatology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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- Rehabilitation Division, Tottori University Hospital, Yonago, Japan
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- School of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Pediatrics and Perinatology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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Kocijan R, Mindler GT, Hartmann MA, Kraus DA, Raimann A, Zwerina J. Dissociation of clinical, laboratory, and bone biopsy findings in adult X-linked hypophosphatemia: a case report. Wien Med Wochenschr 2023; 173:339-345. [PMID: 36695943 DOI: 10.1007/s10354-022-01000-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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X‑linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) is a phosphate wasting disorder. Typical serum constellations include low serum phosphate as well as high alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23 ) levels. Adult XLH patients usually suffer from (pseudo)fractures, enthesopathies, impaired mobility, and osteoarthritis. We report the case of a middle-aged woman with clinically mild disease, relatively balanced laboratory values, but bone non-healing of the femur post-surgery. Transiliac bone biopsy revealed pronounced osteomalacia and severe deterioration of bone microstructure. Due to the lack of XLH-typical symptoms, the patient was not substituted with calcitriol and phosphate in adulthood. Thus, laboratory findings and radiological examinations do not necessarily reflect bone metabolism in XLH. Bone biopsies should be considered in unclear cases or prior to surgery in adults with XLH.
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- Roland Kocijan
- 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA; Trauma Centre Meidling, Heinrich-Collin-Straße 30, 1140, Vienna, Austria.
- Vienna Bone and Growth Center, Vienna, Austria.
- School of medicine, Metabolic bone diseases unit, Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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- Vienna Bone and Growth Center, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Hospital Speising, Vienna, Austria
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- 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA; Trauma Centre Meidling, Heinrich-Collin-Straße 30, 1140, Vienna, Austria
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- 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA; Trauma Centre Meidling, Heinrich-Collin-Straße 30, 1140, Vienna, Austria
- Vienna Bone and Growth Center, Vienna, Austria
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- Vienna Bone and Growth Center, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergology and Endocrinology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA; Trauma Centre Meidling, Heinrich-Collin-Straße 30, 1140, Vienna, Austria
- Vienna Bone and Growth Center, Vienna, Austria
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Kubota T, Namba N, Tanaka H, Muroya K, Imanishi Y, Takeuchi Y, Kanematsu M, Sun W, Seino Y, Ozono K. Self-Administration of Burosumab in Children and Adults with X-Linked Hypophosphataemia in Two Open-Label, Single-Arm Clinical Studies. Adv Ther 2023; 40:1530-1545. [PMID: 36719566 PMCID: PMC9887240 DOI: 10.1007/s12325-022-02412-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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INTRODUCTION X-linked hypophosphataemia (XLH) is a rare, genetic renal phosphate-wasting disease, resulting from excess fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) activity, which has a progressive and profound impact on patients throughout life. The monoclonal anti-FGF23 antibody, burosumab, is a subcutaneous injection indicated for the treatment of XLH in children and adults. Originally, burosumab was approved to be administered by a healthcare professional (HCP), but the option of self-administration would enable patient independence and easier access to treatment. Two open-label, single-arm clinical trials, conducted in Japan and Korea, have assessed the safety and efficacy of self-administration of burosumab in both children and adults with XLH. METHODS In KRN23-003 (n = 15 children aged 1-12 years) and KRN23-004 (n = 5 children aged 3-13 years, n = 4 adults aged 21-65 years), children initially received 0.8 mg/kg of burosumab every 2 weeks and adults initially received 1.0 mg/kg of burosumab every 4 weeks. Self-administration was permitted from Week 4, and patients or carers were provided with training to inject correctly. RESULTS In both trials, burosumab had an acceptable safety profile with mainly mild-to-moderate adverse events. Following self-administration, no patients reported serious treatment-emergent adverse events ≥ grade 3, injection-site reactions or hypersensitivity reactions related to burosumab. Serum phosphate and active vitamin D levels increased from baseline in children and adults. CONCLUSIONS These results indicated that the efficacy and safety of burosumab when administered either by a carer or patient are similar to that when administered by an HCP and show that self-administration is a viable option for patients with XLH. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS NCT03233126 and NCT04308096.
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- Takuo Kubota
- Department of Paediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Paediatrics and Perinatology, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Okayama Saiseikai General Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kanagawa Children's Medical Centre, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Endocrine Centre, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Oteomachi Financial City Grand Cube, 1-9-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Kyowa Kirin, Inc., 212 Carnegie Centre, Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA
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- Department of Paediatrics, Osaka Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organisation, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Cannalire G, Pilloni S, Esposito S, Biasucci G, Di Franco A, Street ME. Alkaline phosphatase in clinical practice in childhood: Focus on rickets. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1111445. [PMID: 36817604 PMCID: PMC9931734 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1111445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and its isoenzymes reflect bone metabolism: ALP increases the ratio of inorganic phosphate to pyrophosphate systemically and facilitates mineralization as well as reduces extracellular pyrophosphate concentration, an inhibitor of mineral formation. On the contrary, low ALP activity is associated with reduction of bone turnover. ALP includes four isoenzymes depending on the site of tissue expression: intestinal ALP, placental ALP, germ cell ALP and tissue nonspecific ALP or liver/bone/kidney ALP. The bone isoenzyme (B-ALP) is involved in bone calcification and is a marker of bone turnover as a result of osteoblastic activity. ALP and its isoenzymes are crucial in the diagnostic process of all the forms of rickets.The most common cause of rickets is vitamin D nutritional deficiency. The aim of this review is to update on the role played by ALP serum concentrations as a relevant marker in thediagnosis and treatment of rickets. Indeed, the diagnosis of rickets is based on its clinical, radiological and laboratory characteristics. An elevated ALP level is one of the markers for the diagnosis of rickets in children, though it is also associated with bone formation process. ALP is also useful for the differentiation between rickets and other disorders that can mimic rickets because of their clinical and laboratory characteristics, and, together with other biochemical markers, is crucial for the differential diagnosis of the different forms of rickets. Age, severity and duration of rickets may also modulate ALP elevation. Finally, ALP measurements are useful in clinical and therapeutic follow-up.
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- Giuseppe Cannalire
- Pediatrics and Neonatology Unit, University of Parma, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, Piacenza, Italy
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- Unit of Pediatrics, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Unit of Pediatrics, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Pediatrics and Neonatology Unit, University of Parma, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, Piacenza, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
- *Correspondence: Giacomo Biasucci,
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, Piacenza, Italy
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- Unit of Pediatrics, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Treatment of X-Linked Hypophosphatemia in Children. ENDOCRINES 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/endocrines3030042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The conventional treatment for X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH), consisting of phosphorus supplementation and a biologically active form of vitamin D (alfacalcidol or calcitriol), is used to treat rickets and leg deformities and promote growth. However, patients’ adult height often remains less than −2 SD. Moreover, adverse events, such as renal calcification and hyperparathyroidism, may occur. The main pathology in XLH is caused by excessive production of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). Several studies have demonstrated that treatment with burosumab, a blocking neutralizing antibody against FGF23, is better than conventional therapy for severe XLH and has no serious, short-term side effects. Thus, treatment with burosumab may be an option for severe XLH. The present article reviews the conventional and burosumab therapies. In addition to the fact that the long-term efficacy of antibody-based treatment has not been demonstrated, there are other, unresolved issues concerning the burosumab treatment of XLH.
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Orthopedic Complications and Management in Children with X-Linked Hypophosphatemia. ENDOCRINES 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/endocrines3030039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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X-linked hypophosphatemia is an inheritable disease of renal phosphate wasting that results in clinically manifestations associated with rickets or osteomalacia. The various symptoms in the skeletal system are well recognized, such as short stature; lower limb deformities; and bone, joint, or muscle pain, and it is often difficult to control these symptoms, despite the use of medication therapy in growing children. In addition, lower limb deformities can lead to degenerative osteoarthritis and dysfunction of lower limbs at the skeletal maturity. To prevent from future manifestation of those symptoms, orthopedic surgeries are applicable to growing patients with severe skeletal deformities or without response to conventional medication. Bone deformities are treated by acute or gradual corrective osteotomies and temporally hemiepiphysiodesis using guided growth method. The clinicians should choose the right procedure based on age, symptoms and state of deformities of the patient.
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