IN our everyday routines – getting out of bed, commuting, cooking – we rarely think about the strain we place on our knees.

Recently published results present a new classification for osteoarthritis of the knee associated with varus deformity, which researchers note could help surgeons during preoperative planning.

knee and ankle, but in a varus deformity (bowleg form), the line is shifted outwards and back. The most common injuries are posterolateral joint injury and avulsion of the bone attached to the ...

Mr. C’s knee x-rays revealed advanced arthritic changes with bilateral varus deformity and significant osteophyte formation (Figure 2). Both knee films showed marked joint-space narrowing and ...

Pooya Hosseinzadeh, MD, said loss of fixation is a possible complication of distal femoral osteotomy performed in children with varus or valgus knee deformity, cerebral palsy and crouch gait or kn ...

Being knock-kneed (knees touch but ankles do not) involves a valgus deformity of the knee. Bow-leggedness (ankles touch but knees do not) is a varus deformity of the knee. If the knees curve ...

Manipal Hospital, Delhi successfully corrected the genu varus deformity in a 16-year-old female patient. The patient presented to the hospital with complaints of progressive deformity in both ...

Prior research has shown that varus thrust seen in gait is associated with a 4-fold increase in the risk of progression of knee osteoarthritis. Disparity in thrust presence between the races may ...

Being the author of modified external fixation devices - Veklich devices, he has launched the medical franchise 'Genu Varum (bow legs) deformity correction device'. The Veklich company plans to ...