OBJECTIVE
To study the results of treatment of tibial hemimelia with limb salvage procedure in term of patient satisfaction, clinical results and complications.
METHODS
From 1993 to 2007 the authors treated six cases of tibial hemimelia with limb salvage procedures. Three legs of type Ia and four
Holt-Oram syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterised by radial ray and congenital heart defects. Recently, a gene for this disorder has been identified on chromosome 12q24.1, encoding a T box transcription factor. However, the functional role of the gene product is not completely