Dear list
In clinic we have a 52 years old woman who is suffering from severe genu varum since several years .
She is a housewife and couldne,t undergo total joint replacement surgery .
She has fitted a knee cage device with tarpaulin thigh and leg shells , steel side bars and steel knee joints to control the deformity .
Of course this device could control her leg deformity to some extent , but some degrees of deformity and consequently some amount of pain remains even when she uses the knee cage and she complains about the weight of device .
I,ve searched for correcting device in this case in literature but I haven,t found a worth device yet .
As a trial way I think that if I make a kneecage with single medial joint and bars , anterior leg and posterior thigh custom moulded plastic shells , lateral knee straps to pull her knee to correct position and make some extra gap between knee joint and anatomical knee to make enough space for this act it will work ? but it may rotate on the knee and loose its function ?
Does anyone know of an exprienced efficient way to correct this knee except total knee replacement surgery ? or discuss the way I said ?
Best regards
Mohammad Reza Mirheydari
Bsc of orthotics and prosthetics
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