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