Mal-union, on account of the disability it entails, may call for operative treatment in the form of osteotomy of one or both bones.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
Lateral dislocation of the patella is met with in extreme forms of knock-knee, and after correction of this deformity by osteotomy, and its possible occurrence should be guarded against at the time of the operation.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
If the child is approaching the age of five or six before it comes under treatment, or if the deformity does not yield to treatment by splints, it is better to straighten the limb by osteotomy.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson