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fig. 10 Celebration of 50 years of Orthopaedics in Lublin October 2003 (1954–2004). Guest
from Australia (Prof. Kozłowski), Hungary (Dr. Thot), Slovak Republic (Prof. Makai), Germany
(Dr. Thielemann) and Sweden (Prof. Sevastik) and others person (J. Szydlo-Hanus – Director of
Sanatorium in Rymanów Zdrój).
with varus deformity when prohibited
from standing or walking for 2–4 months
will be cured from the deformity.
Our method of therapy we called
“reverse Heuter – Volkmann law method”.
Explanation: overstress causes the deformity,
when relieved it corrects the axis.
In the years 1970 till 1980 we operated
from 1 to 2 children per week because of
shank varus deformity, from 1980 we operated
from 1 o 2 children per year.
Knee valgus deformity and other
pathology of patello – femoral joint
We found an important role of shortening
(of contracture) of ilio – tibial band
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(tractus iliotibialis – ITB) in pathology of
knee – in valgus deformity, in overstressing
of patello – femoral joint and in subluxation
(partially dislocation) of patella.
The research in Paediatric Orthopaedic
and Rehabilitation Department in years
1995–2012 explains (J. Karski – experiments
on animals) that even in cases
with normal Mikulicz line but – in the
situation of coexisting varus deformity in
upper part of shank and at the same time
valgus deformity on the level of knee, the
deciding factor in the pathology is valgus
of knee with various clinical symptoms.
Because of this we introduced the new
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