Iowa Orthop J. 2006;26:130-3.
The Iowa orthopaedic journal
Christopher Bellicini, Joseph G Khoury
PMID: 16789463 PMCID: PMC1888600
Complications secondary to Osgood-Schlatter disease are rare, and there have been few reports on their treatment. Partial growth arrest of the proximal tibial physis as a result of Osgood-Schlatter disease has been infrequently described. Genu recurvatum from partial physeal arrest can cause cosmetic deformity, instability, pain, and weakness. We report a case of genu recurvatum secondary to Osgood-Schlatter disease treated successfully with proximal tibial osteotomy and distraction with a Taylor spatial frame.