A treatise on orthopedic surgery . Long anterior curvature of the tibia and Rhachitic anterior bow-leg. DEFORMITIES OF BONES OF LOWER EXTREMITY. 623 Treatment.—Anterior curvature of the tibia must, as a rule^be treated by operation, preferably osteotomy. After completefracture of the tibia and fibula the deformity may be overcomeby forcing the bones directly backward. In many instancestenotomy of the tendo Achillis may be required. Cuneiformosteotomy of the tibia permits more perfect correction, but thefinal result is equally good after simple osteotomy or osteoclasis,and
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . Long anterior curvature of the tibia and Rhachitic anterior bow-leg. DEFORMITIES OF BONES OF LOWER EXTREMITY. 623 Treatment.—Anterior curvature of the tibia must, as a rule^be treated by operation, preferably osteotomy. After completefracture of the tibia and fibula the deformity may be overcomeby forcing the bones directly backward. In many instancestenotomy of the tendo Achillis may be required. Cuneiformosteotomy of the tibia permits more perfect correction, but thefinal result is equally good after simple osteotomy or osteoclasis,and if one succeeds in separating the posterior part of the tibiaso that it may conform to the straightened anterior border anactual elongation may be obtained. GENERAL RHACHITIC DISTORTIONS. General rhachitic distortions of the lower limbs have beenmentioned in connection with knock-knee and with anteriorbow-leg. A more extended description is hardly deformities are usually of the knock-knee type, and theymay be treated on the same general plan that has been outlinedin the descr
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