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We describe 2 cases treated in childhood by staged foot centralization by soft-tissue distraction, distal tibiotalar fusion, tibial lengthening, and subsequent limb length discrepancy equalization. At skeletal maturity, both patients ambulated independently without aid.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Staged reconstruction with foot centralization and distal tibiotalar fusion is an option for carefully selected patients with tibiofibular diastasis who refuse foot ablation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2106\/jbjs.cc.19.00088","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,18]],"date-time":"2019-12-18T11:21:24Z","timestamp":1576668084000},"page":"e0088-e0088","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Staged Reconstruction for Type IV Tibial Deficiency (Distal Tibiofibular Diastasis)"],"prefix":"10.2106","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2306-7745","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Justin J.","family":"Ernat","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, Kentucky"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7872-7515","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lane","family":"Wimberly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3972-0828","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mikhail L.","family":"Samchukov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0422-9158","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexander M.","family":"Cherkaskin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8888-2487","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"John G.","family":"Birch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"bib1-20230811","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"346","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.54B2.346","article-title":"Congenital diastasis of tibio-fibular mortise","volume":"54","author":"Tuli","year":"1972","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Br."},{"issue":"1","key":"bib2-20230811","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"31","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.60B1.627576","article-title":"Congenital aplasia and dysplasia of the tibia with intact fibula. 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