Correction (improvement) of the legs form is done via simultaneous surgery on both lower extremities.

External fixation devices are applied to both shins under the general anesthesia. Average duration of the operation is 50-80 minutes.

Using the crutches the patient is able to walk on the following day after the operation.

Legs form correction procedure is usually initiated on the 5th day after the operation by means of dosage adjustment of nuts in the apparatus of external fixation.

Depending on the initial size of deformation, legs shape correction is performed within the period of 5-20 days.

The external fixator is retained till the completion of consolidation stage, which lasts three weeks.

Devices are removed from the extremities consecutively with an interval of 3-5 days. Thus, correction of legs shape usually takes 1,5months.

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