Hemihypertrophy seldom visit out clinic. Since 1966, nineteen patients visited Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagasaki University. They were fifteen idiopathic total hemi-hypertrophy, two idiopathic partial hemihypertrophy, One Klippel-Weber syndrome and One Silver syndrome.
We discussed the first fifteen cases, which could followed up for five years and eight months in average.
The lower leg discrepancy are going to aggravate in that group. The Large discrepancy group in fifteen cases have slight limping, but they are no disturbance in daily activity and also used no orthopaedic orthosis.
We supposed that it may be the hypertrophy of the affected side, taking into consideration of the bone age, birth weight and physical development.
Four flexor disturbance, one congenital dislocation of the hip and one wryneck were complicated.
The characterisity of the complications were contraside in all cases.
The further following up were suggested.
