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Health Encyclopedia: Knock Knees

Alternative Names

Genu valgum


Treatment

Knock knees are usually not treated. Surgery may be considered for knock knees that persist beyond late childhood and in which the separation between the ankles is severe.


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Expectations (prognosis)

Children normally outgrow knock knees without treatment, unless there is an underlying disease. For cases requiring surgery, the procedure provides excellent cosmetic results.


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