We report a prospective case-controlled study which compared the outcome of knee replacement in seriously deformed and slightly deformed knees. There were 51 knees with varus or valgus deformity greater than 20 degrees matched for age, gender, disease, type of prosthesis and time of operation with a control group in which the alignment of the leg was within 5 degrees of normal. The clinical out...

Background: Varus knee is a common deformity of the joint, which usually accompanied by osteoarthritis, especially medial compartment. High tibial osteotomy good solution for varus transferring load from compartment to more healthy lateral slowing progression osteoarthritis. Objectives: To assess changes joint and ankle orientations after open wedge high osteotomy. Patients Methods: This pros...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative importance of the different static stabilizers of the posterolateral corner of the knee in cadavers. METHODS Tests were performed with the application of a varus and external rotation force to the knee in extension at 30 and 60 degrees of flexion using 10 cadaver knees. The forces were applied initially to an intact knee and then ...

  The Ponseti method is a safe and effective treatment for congenital clubfoot, and radically decreases the need for extensive corrective surgery. But a group of patients will still present with under corrected residual equinovarus deformities despite the proper use of the Ponseti method. About 25% of operated clubfeet will develop recurrence or show a marked residual deformity (recurrent clubf...

Five patients severely affected by haemophilia, in whom six knees showed advanced haemophilic arthropathy, have been studied. The patients presented with painful limitation of movement and increasingly frequent episodes of spontaneous bleeding in the affected knees. These all showed secondary degenerative changes and varus deformity. A Corrective osteotomy of the proximal tibia was performed un...

Many surgical procedures exist to correct metatarsus primus varus associated with hallux valgus deformity. Among these procedures are various first metatarsal osteotomies. Both distal and proximal osteotomies have been described to correct these deformities with the latter typically used for the more severe deformity. The goal of the operative procedure is correction of the intermetatarsal and ...

What foot and ankle deformities should clinicians be aware of before total knee arthroplasty (TKA)? Deformities of concern in the coronal plane include those in which the hindfoot is in valgus or varus. These deformities include the pes planus (ie, flat foot) and cavovarus foot. Prior to TKA, decisions should be made on whether to proceed with correction of the hindfoot deformity or the knee or...

Urorectal septum malformation sequence (URSMS) is an extremely rare anomaly, consists of multiple system anomalies including ambiguous genitalia, absence of a perineal opening, an imperforate anus, and urological, colonic and lumbosacral defects. We describe a newborn with characteristic URSMS who also had features of congenital varus deformity of leg, polydactyly, tracheo-oesophageal fistula, ...

Flexion contracture deformities, as well as severe varus and valgus deformities of the knee joint, accompany osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In particular, severe flexion contracture deformity of the knee joint is often found in patients with RA, which renders them nonambulatory. This report describes a 26-year-old female patient diagnosed with RA 10 years ago. She had chronic join...

Primary knee osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the degenerative diseases that destroy auricular cartilage within knee joint and cause pain, varies deformity, decrease knee function. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an effective intervention in order to relieve pain, improve function and QOL (quality of life) in patients with severe osteoarthritis of the knees that have different degrees of varus de...