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'Windswept deformity'.

O O Oni, H Keswani, M O Aganga

    Archives of Disease in Childhood
    |July 1, 1983
    PubMed
    Summary

    Windswept deformity, a condition causing opposite knee deformities, affects children. Conservative treatment using serial corrective casts is as effective as surgical osteotomies for this physeal osteochondrosis.

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    Area of Science:

    • Pediatric Orthopedics
    • Skeletal Dysplasias
    • Growth Plate Disorders

    Background:

    • Windswept deformity is characterized by a valgus deformity in one knee and a varus deformity in the contralateral knee.
    • This condition represents a specific type of physeal osteochondrosis affecting the knee joints in children.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To describe the clinical presentation and characteristics of windswept deformity in a pediatric cohort.
    • To evaluate the efficacy of conservative management (serial corrective plaster casts) versus surgical intervention (corrective osteotomies).

    Main Methods:

    • Retrospective case series describing 8 children diagnosed with windswept deformity.
    • Comparison of treatment outcomes between conservative casting and surgical osteotomy groups.

    Main Results:

    • Serial corrective plaster casts demonstrated comparable effectiveness to corrective osteotomies.
    • Conservative management offers a viable alternative to surgical correction for windswept deformity.

    Conclusions:

    • Windswept deformity is a treatable physeal osteochondrosis in children.
    • Non-operative management with serial casting is a successful treatment modality, yielding results similar to surgical osteotomies.

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