Talk:Proximal femoral focal deficiency

Media
There are at least 3 publicised cases of PFFD in the UK: Michael McKenzie

The other in the National British newspaper The Mirror http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2007/09/06/half-a-leg-can-t-stop-me-dancing-115875-19742182/ and the other in local news http://www.mankatofreepress.com/features/local_story_188005554.html

I also changed the treatment to include an extension prosthesis as a mechanism to treat PFFD. This is where the leg may be far too short for the use of a built up shoe, and instead a 'false leg is used' where the shorter leg fits into a false leg that bridges the gap between the foot and the floor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.175.54 (talk) 19:31, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Rotational plasty
I was born without the pelvis and femur on my left leg. My tibia is attached by the mussels in my leg to what there is of my pelvic area. My foot is even with my knee on my right leg. It was caused by my mother taking thelidamide durning her pregnancy. I was accepted into the Shriners when I was two years old where dr. John r. Moore, chief of staff at temple university and the Shriners hospital in Philadelphia, pa took my case. In 1955 he went to Germany to learn a form of rotational plasty. I was the first person in the United States to have this procedure done. It was a 100 percent success. My incession is less than two inches long. I am 74 years old and have had a fairly normal life 108.3.82.25 (talk) 21:33, 2 January 2023 (UTC)