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Fırat Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Tıp Dergisi
2002, Cilt 16, Sayı 3-4, Sayfa(lar) 311-313
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Congenital Tibial Bowing: A Case Report
Erhan YILMAZ, Oktay BELHAN
Fırat Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Anabilim Dalı Elazığ / TÜRKİYE
Keywords: Congenital tibial bowing

The congenital tibial bowing is a rare deformity that occurs 1/140.000 in live births. According to the bowing of tibia/fibula, the deformity is called anterior/posterior and medial/lateral. Posterior bowing is so rare and its direction is usually posteromedial and spontan remision is higher. Anterolateral deformity is more important than others and it may cause bone fractures which can lead to tibial pseudoartrosis.

In this report, a 3.5 old-year male patient, who had congenital tibial bowing in the posteromedial direction, was followed up for two years and treated with conservatively was discussed with the consideration of the current literature.


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