Deformity Correction Surgery

Best Treatment - Bones may become deformed for many reasons. These include congenital (from birth), developmental (from abnormal growth during childhood), and posttraumatic (from healing in a deformed position after a fracture).

Bones may be deformed in four ways: angulation (a bend in the bone), rotation or torsion (a twist in the bone), translation or displacement (a shift in the position of the bone after a fracture or osteotomy), or limb length discrepancy (a difference in the length of a bone compared with the other side).

Although each of the different types of bone deformities can exist on its own, it is very common to see combinations of two or more of these deformity components together.