Bowed legs is a great problem for people, especially for women. Straight and slim legs play a very important role in modern ideal of beauty.
As a matter on fact, extremity deformation is its axis abnormality.
There are 3 types of lower extremities:
- normal extremities (legs are situated parallel with each other)
- extremities of the X-type (knees touch each other by inner surfaces, feet do not meet in front)
- extremities of the O-type or bowlegs (knees do not meet in front, feet touch each other by inner surfaces)
Extremities of the X-type and of the O-type (bowlegs) are congenital deformations. And every concrete case needs individual approach.
Acquired extremity deformations arise when fracture knit wrongly. And the choice of methods of treatment is determined by:
- the character of abnormality of the extremity axis
- the degree of abnormality of joint motion
- motion compensation
- patient’s age
- concomitant diseases
The specialists of Russian Ilizarov Scientific Center practice different plastic operations on the extremities.
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