Originally,<unk>  was performed to treat infections and tumors around the knee. It was also a common treatment for osteosarcoma. While it is still being used to treat their complications,<unk>  is also used to treat growing children who have been diagnosed with tumors around the knee.<unk>  is also performed on children with congenital femoral deficiencies. Those deficiencies cause "unstable hip joints and a femur that is 50% shorter than the contralateral, normal femur." This procedure gives<unk>  patients the ability to have the use of both feet and allows them to continue living an active lifestyle.
Rotationplasty
Epiphysiodesis
Schilling tendon procedure
Tarsorrhaphy
Chondroplasty
Knee replacement
High tibial osteotomy
Z-plasty