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. 1983 Jul;58(7):541-3.
doi: 10.1136/adc.58.7.541.

'Windswept deformity'

O O Oni, H Keswani, M O Aganga

'Windswept deformity'

O O Oni et al. Arch Dis Child. 1983 Jul.

Abstract

We describe 8 children with 'windswept deformity'--a valgus deformity of 1 knee in association with a varus deformity of the other. The disease is a physeal osteochondrosis and conservative treatment with serial corrective plaster casts is as effective as corrective osteotomies.

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