Fig. 2.

a X-rays of a 6-year-old patient treated in 2010 who had a 7-cm diaphyseal defect of the left tibia with icicle-like fragment ends, varus and recurvation deformity (165/165°), proximal fibular head dislocation, and anteromedial rigid skin scars adhered to the fragment ends as a consequence of umbilical sepsis. Thick fibula mimicked the deformity of the tibia. b Ilizarov frame was applied for 70 days to correct the deformity and bring the fibula head down. c Double osteotomy of the fibula followed. d The cylinder-like fibular fragment was transported for 29 days to be docked to the tibial fragments, and fixation was 113 days. e Total treatment was 217 days. Residual discrepancy was 3 cm on Ilizarov frame removal