The reconstructive surgery of posttraumatic deformities has made significant advances in recent years. The planning and execution of corrective procedures are carried out with the same meticulous care as for idiopathic limb deformities.

I. Basic Principles.- Pathophysiology of Posttraumatic Deformities of the Lower Extremity.- Indications for Corrective Osteotomy after Malunited Fractures.- Special Diagnosis and Preoperative Planning of Corrective Osteotomies.- Mechanical and Technical Principles of the Internal Fixation of Corrective Osteotomies.- Special Techniques of Internal Fixation for Corrective Osteotomies.- Summary: Principles of the Surgical Correction of Posttraumatic Deformities of the Lower Extremities.- II. The Proximal Femur.- Indications, Localization and Preoperative Planning of Proximal Femoral Osteotomies in Posttraumatic States.- Osteotomies of the Proximal Femur: Forms and Techniques.- The Intertrochanteric Osteotomy for Posttraumatic States: Reports and Selected Cases.- Results of Proximal Femoral Osteotomies Following Trauma.- Repositioning Osteotomies for Malunited Fractures Near the Hip.- Results of Corrective Osteotomies after Trauma about the Hip. Causes and Treatment of Posttraumatic Deformities.- Posttraumatic Repositioning Osteotomies of the Proximal Femur.- Summary: Surgical Correction of Posttraumatic Deformities about the Hip.- III. The Diaphyses.- Corrective Osteotomies of the Femoral Shaft.- Corrective Osteotomies of the Tibial Shaft.- The Displacement Osteotomy as a Correction Principle.- Lengthening and Shortening Osteotomies of the Diaphyses.- Complications after Corrective Osteotomies: Persistent Deformity, Nonunion, Infection.- Corrective Osteotomies of the Lower Extremity in the Presence of Infection.- Results after Surgical Correction of Posttraumatic Leg Length Discrepancies.- Summary: Corrective Osteotomies of the Diaphyses after Trauma.- IV. The Distal Femur and Proximal Tibia.- Indications, Localization and Planning of Posttraumatic Osteotomies about the Knee.- Forms and Techniques of the Supracondylar Femoral Osteotomy.- Intraligamentous Elevating Osteotomies for Posttraumatic Deformities about the Knee.- Proximal Tibial Osteotomies: Forms and Techniques.- Results of Corrective Osteotomies of the Proximal Tibia.- Results of the Intraligamentous Open Wedge Osteotomy of the Proximal Tibia (Elevating Osteotomy).- Results of Proximal Tibial Osteotomies Stabilized with the T Plate for Correction of Posttraumatic Deformity.- Results of Proximal Tibial Osteotomies Stabilized by External Skeletal Fixation.- Summary: Corrective Osteotomies after Trauma about the Knee.- V. The Ankle and Foot.- Indications and Technique of Corrective Osteotomies of the Distal Tibia and Ankle Mortise.- Statics and Dynamics of the Foot.- Corrective Osteotomies of the Foot.- Results of Corrective Osteotomies of Posttraumatic Deformities about the Ankle Joint.- Results of Corrective Osteotomies for Posttraumatic Deformities of the Foot.- Summary: Corrective Osteotomies after Trauma about the Ankle and Foot.- VI. Posttraumatic Deformity of the Growing Skeleton.- Growth Disturbance after Epiphyseal Plate Injuries.- Growth Disturbances after Injuries Outside the Epiphysis.- Indications and Techniques of Osteotomies Near Joints.- Indications and Techniques of Diaphyseal Corrective Osteotomies after Trauma.- Summary: Posttraumatic Deformity of the Growing Skeleton.- VII. Epilogue.- Changing Attitudes toward the Disabled.

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