A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The genu varum type of bow-leg,showing the outward rotation of thefemora. The same patient, showing the sepa-ration of the malleoli when the kneesare in contact. degree of distortion at the knee, dependent, in part, upon laxityof the ligaments. It is proper, therefore, to use the two termssynonymously, although one must recogiiize a decided differencebetween the genu varum type, in which the deformity is greatest DEFOBMITIES OF BONES OF LOWEE EXTBEMITY. 617 at the knee, and which is accompanied, as a rule, by markedlaxity of the ligaments (Fig. 412) and the b
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The genu varum type of bow-leg,showing the outward rotation of thefemora. The same patient, showing the sepa-ration of the malleoli when the kneesare in contact. degree of distortion at the knee, dependent, in part, upon laxityof the ligaments. It is proper, therefore, to use the two termssynonymously, although one must recogiiize a decided differencebetween the genu varum type, in which the deformity is greatest DEFOBMITIES OF BONES OF LOWEE EXTBEMITY. 617 at the knee, and which is accompanied, as a rule, by markedlaxity of the ligaments (Fig. 412) and the bow-leg type, inwhich the deformity may be limited to the lower third of theleg (Fig: 417). Symptoms.—As was said of genu valgum, the deformity isthe principal symptom. The gait is somewhat rolling, becauseeach foot must describe a part of the arc of a circle before reach- FiG. 412.
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