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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 45-B, Issue 2 | Pages 320 - 325
1 May 1963
Golding JSR McNeil-Smith JDG

1. Twenty-eight cases of the infantile and three cases of the adolescent type of tibia vara occurring in West Indian Negroes are reported.

2. The condition is characterised by failure of growth of the postero-medial part of the upper tibial epiphysis.

3. The deformity produced is acute varus at the upper tibia with medial torsion and eventually flexion of the diaphysis on the epiphysis.

4. These deformities are considered to be due to a vicious circle set up by considerable alteration of the lines of force on the medial portion of the upper tibial epiphysial line.