This 3-year-old boy has Blount's disease, a condition that caused his right leg to bow and rotate internally (pigeon-toed). If not corrected, the condition would worsen. Correction at this age is usually permanent.	After correction using a special oblique cut through the bone to simultaneously correct the angulation and rotation. The bone cut was fixed with internal screws.

The International Center for Limb Lengthening
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
2401 West Belvedere Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21215, USA
phone: 410-601-8700
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