Knee deformities

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Etiology
- Rickets (vitamin D deficiency)
- Post-traumatic
- Disease of growth plate
Types
- Genu varum
- Genu valgum
- Recurvate knee (hyperextended knee)
Complications
- All knee deformities are prearthritic conditions
Treatment
- Vitamin D – in case of rickets
- Surgical
  - Wedge osteotomy
  - Blocking the growth plate in childhood