TY - BOOK AU - Amer Mohamed Yousef Elfar AU - Ahmed Essam Mohamed Kandile , AU - Khaled Abdelsalam Shohayeb , TI - Recent trends in surgical correction of angular deformities around the knee in children and adolescents / PY - 2009/// CY - Cairo : PB - Amer Mohamed Yousef Elfar , KW - Deformity correction KW - Genu valgum KW - Genu varum N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - It is necessary to be familiar with the natural history and normal variation of children of vaious ages during growth . The initial evaluation should include a standing anteroposterior radiograph of the lower extermities . There are various methods for deformity correction as osteotomy which mostly needs fixation by plate and screw or external fixator as Ilizarov or TSF and hemiepiphyseodesis by staples screws or more recent 8 - plate and physeal distraction which does not require osteotomy UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -