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New Delhi Aug 24 PTI A 22-year-old woman has received a new lease of life after doctors at a private facility here modified the standard surgical procedure to correct her bone deformity leaving a lessvisible scar hospital authorities said on Tuesday Knock knees is prevalent in malnourished children and can be caused by rickets vitamin D deficiency especially in these COVID-19 times when children are not encouraged to play outside in sunlight an injury or infection affecting the knees or leg bones or genetic conditions that affect the development of the bones or joints doctors said The woman name withheld underwent the surgery for knock knees recently at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre ISIC as doctors modified the standard surgical procedure to correct the bone deformity the hospital said in a statement This procedure also reduces cost left a less visible scar and has faster recovery it claimed The ISIC doctors in a media interaction on Tuesday also claimed that in the past years such operations have been done on 10 women in the age group of 16-22 years -- eight of them had deformity in both the knees while the rest two had it in one knee it said The patients develop the deformity due to rickets or idiopathic unknown reasons Since post-operative scar was a concern among their parents we modified the process to reduce the size of the incision it is only 5 cm as compared to 25 cm in the main surgery Besides we made the incision near the upper fold of the knee at inner thigh which helped in reducing the visibility of the scar as well as minimal blood lossDr Surbhit Rastogi associate consultantOrthopedics ISIC said The surgery is simplified to be performed without specialised equipment or set-up making it affordable to a large number of people in weaker socio-economic conditions the hospital said Through a small incision V-shape osteotomy cutting and reshaping of bones is done at the junction of metaphysis and diaphysis lower end of thigh bone and the deformity is corrected the doctor said It is an inherently stable osteotomy so does not require fixation with an implant he said The doctor said that a Plaster of Paris cast was used in her surgery to stabilise the leg and promote bone healing instead of using a plate Genu valgum knock knees can be corrected by surgery but it requires specialised team and advanced equipment This adds to the cost of surgery and requires deft surgeons Dr Deepak Raina senior consultant and chief of hip service at the hospital said PTI KND ANB ANB