Bow Legs Surgery Istanbul
Bow Legs Surgery Istanbul.
With more than 10 years experience, our clinic is providing a high level of health service in accordance with international standards and at a reasonable price. We attract our patients from all around the world, especially from Europe and the Middle East, and provide them an accurate and reliable health services where we focus on patient’s comfort
A Bow leg is a condition of legs when knees are wide apart when a person stands with the feet and ankles together. Initially, due to folded position in the uterus infants are born bowlegged. Bow legs begin to straighten when the child starts to walk. At this time there is a pressure and weight legs begin to bear. The age of the child at this period is 12.5 to 18.5 months old.
When the child is approximately 3 years old, the normal appearance of legs should be visible. This way a child should stand with the ankles together and the knees just touch to reflect normal position. If the situation with bow legs remains after this period, the child can be called bow legged.
Bowing of legs can be caused by:
Blount’s disease
Bone dysplasias (abnormal development)
Fractures that do not heal correctly
Lead or fluoride poisoning
Rickets, which is caused by a vitamin D deficiency
Bow legs surgery Istanbul Correction
Bow legs correction requires wide and extensive knowledge of orthopedics. Professional approach and aftercare assure best possible results – healthier, nicely-aligned legs. Bow legs correction is a reality that changes the lives of the patients for better. Our surgeons can make bow legs correction fast with nearly no risks, bloodless, and what’s more important – you get effective results for a lifetime, – nicely aligned, healthier legs.
Bow Legs Treatment Istanbul
Surgery is the only way to change the knee angle — braces, shoe inserts and physical therapy are ineffective. Since normal leg development goes from bowlegs to knock-knees, surgery should wait until the child is at least 10 years old.
Two bones meet at the knee joint: the femur (thighbone) and the tibia (shinbone).
Surgical treatment depends upon the maturity of the patient. In younger patients, whose growth plates are open and still growing, we can change knee alignment by tethering the growth plates of the femur or tibia using staples. As the growth plate grows on the untethered side, the knee will grow out of its excessive angle.
In adult patients, who no longer have open growth plates, treatment consists of cutting, straightening and then holding the bones of the knee in place while they heal with metal implants, including pins, plates and screws.
Can walk a few hours after the operation with crutches
Will stay 2 nights at the hospital
The crutches should be used for 6 weeks
After 6 weeks, patients should send an X-ray, then they gradually walk without crutches
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