Principles of Deformity Correction

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXV

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2. Normal Lower Limb Alignment and Joint Orientation

   • Dror Paley

   Pages 1-18

3. Malalignment and Malorientation in the Frontal Plane

   • Dror Paley

   Pages 19-30

4. Radiographic Assessment of Lower Limb Deformities

   • Dror Paley

   Pages 31-60

5. Frontal Plane Mechanical and Anatomic Axis Planning

   • Dror Paley

   Pages 61-97

6. Osteotomy Concepts and Frontal Plane Realignment

   • Dror Paley

   Pages 99-154

7. Sagittal Plane Deformities

   • Dror Paley

   Pages 155-174

8. Oblique Plane Deformities

   • Dror Paley

   Pages 175-194

9. Translation and Angulation-Translation Deformities

   • Dror Paley

   Pages 195-234

10. Rotation and Angulation-Rotation Deformities

    • Dror Paley

    Pages 235-268

11. Length Considerations: Gradual Versus Acute Correction of Deformities

    • Dror Paley

    Pages 269-289

12. Hardware and Osteotomy Considerations

    • Dror Paley

    Pages 291-410

13. Six-Axis Deformity Analysis and Correction

    • Dror Paley

    Pages 411-436

14. Consequences of Malalignment

    • Dror Paley

    Pages 437-450

15. Malalignment Due to Ligamentous Laxity of the Knees

    • Dror Paley

    Pages 451-464

16. Knee Joint Line Deformity Sources of Malalignment

    • Dror Paley

    Pages 465-478

17. Realignment for Mono-compartment Osteoarthritis of the Knee

    • Dror Paley

    Pages 479-507

18. Sagittal Plane Knee Considerations

    • Dror Paley

    Pages 509-569

19. Ankle and Foot Considerations

    • Dror Paley

    Pages 571-645

20. Hip Joint Considerations

    • Dror Paley

    Pages 647-694

Principles of Deformity Correction is a comprehensive text on the analysis, planning, and treatment of lower limb deformities in an accessible and instructive format. It teaches the analysis, planning, and methods of deformity correction. A foundation of understanding normal alignment is presented, using new nomenclature that is easy to remember and can even be derived without memorization. The work offers detailed information on deformities and malalignment, radiographic assessment, mechanical and anatomic axis planning, osteotomies, and hardware considerations. The book is extensively illustrated to avoid confusion and to leave little to the imagination. The planning is further facilitated via an exercise workbook and an animated CD-ROM which are available separately. The methods taught are simple and intuitive and require little memorization. This book is of equal interest to pediatric and adult orthopaedic surgeons.

• Deformity
• ankle
• deformity correction
• foot
• hip
• knee
• limb lengthening
• malalignment
• osteoarthritis
• osteotomy

From the reviews:

"Dror Paley has written a remarkable book that, perhaps for the first time, permits complete fulfillment of Andry's standard for alignment in the correction of complex limb deformities... just as a NASA lunar flight manual provides the terms needed to explore new worlds, so too will Paley's Principles of Deformity Correction offer the dedicated reader new perspectives on lower limb deformities." (Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery)

"Dror Paley has written a remarkable book … . Principles of Deformity Correction evolved from a course taught by Paley and his coworkers in Baltimore. The book, which deals exclusively with lower limb deformities, is divided into two parts. The first ten chapters present a step-by-step technique for deformity analysis … . The second part of the book describes various surgical techniques designed to correct the deformities once they have been fully analyzed." (Stuart A. Green, The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Vol. 84-A (7), 2002)

• Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, USA

  Dror Paley

• The International Center for Limb Lengthening, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, USA

  Dror Paley

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