Low profile ilizarov frame in correction of varus deformity in patients with adolescent blount's disease

ABSTRACT

Background: Adolescent Blount disease or late onset tibia vara constitutes the most common cause of pathologic genu varum in late childhood and adolescence. It is a developmental condition characterized by disordered endochondral ossification of the posteromedial part of the proximal tibial physis resulting in multiplanar deformities of the lower limb