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a A 9.5-year-old girl with bilateral idiopathic retroversion of 10°. b A bilateral derotation osteotomy was done and fixed by a 3.5-mm 120° LCP Paediatric Hip Plate. c Two weeks after the operation, the girl complained of right-sided pain in the proximal femur. The X-ray showed loosening of the femoral shaft screws from the DC holes. d A revision was performed to change and refix the plate. The further course was uneventful with plate removal 10 months after the initial operation
