Pain in the hip, knee, and ankle can often be caused by bowlegs (varus deformity) or knock knees (valgus deformity). In other words, when our legs are not aligned straight at the hips, knees, and ankles, there can be an abnormal force across the knee. This often leads to pain, cosmetic deformity, and premature knee arthritis.
Surgical correction can help treat the deformity. With this minimally invasive treatment, your leg can be realigned. As a result, you’ll feel less pain, look better, and have healthier knees. We’d like to see you spend more time walking, running, and doing more of the physical activities you enjoy.
- Case 28: Correction of Bowleg Alignment (genu varum) with Spatial Frames
- Case 31: Correction of Bilateral Genu Varum (bowlegged alignment) with EBI frames
- Case 32: Correction of Large Genu Valgum (knock-knee deformity)
- Case 61: Tibial Osteotomy for Lengthening and Straightening of Blount's Disease
- Case 73: Femur lengthening and deformity correction after growth arrest
Denise's Story: Since my surgery, I have had virtually NO PAIN in my knees... I've been able to return to enjoying an active lifestyle
- Ingrid's Story: Not a single day passes that I don't think about how different I feel and I am so grateful.
- Does the Taylor Spatial Frame Accurately Correct Tibial Deformities? S. Robert Rozbruch MD, Kira Segal BA, Svetlana Ilizarov MD, Austin T. Fragomen MD, Gabriel Ilizarov MD, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 2009.
- Correction of Tibial Deformity with Use of the Ilizarov-Taylor Spatial Frame article in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (7 mb PDF)
- Proximal Tibial Osteotomy for Medical Compartment Osteoarthritis of the Knee Using the Ilizarov Taylor Spatial Frame (pdf) published in Techniques of Knee Surgery Sept 2005
- Techniques In Tibial Osteotomy: External Fixation for Proximal Tibial Osteotomy www.hss.edu 2004 March 5.
- Correction of Large Bilateral Tibia Vara Using the Ilizarov Method published by Dr. Rozbruch in Journal of Knee Surgery, January 2003
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Documentary about Ingrid, a patient who underwent limb lengthening and leg deformity correction by Dr. Rozbruch
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