Fig. 5
From: Lower limb lengthening over an intramedullary nail: a long-term follow-up study of 28 cases
a, b The same patient as illustrated in Fig. 2. At follow-up, 10 years after lengthening, the clinical aspect of the girl is still excellent, without limping, in spite of a persistent radiographic limb length discrepancy due to 1.6 cm shortening of the tibia. An asymptomatic hypoplasia of the greater trochanter with associated bone fragmentation is present, caused by nail insertion during growth