Blount disease

Blount's disease is a disorder of the growth of the tibia (shin bone) causing an inward leg in the leg, resembling arched legs or genuine varus that tend to correct as the child grows, Blount's disease has A progressive course and worsens.

It can affect at any time during the growth process, but it is more frequent in children under four years of age and in adolescents. In young children it usually affects both legs and only the tibia is affected, but in adolescents it usually only affects one and the tibia and the femur are usually affected.

  For proper correction surgery is essential, this may involve cutting the shin bone (tibia) to align and sometimes also lengthen it.