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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son’s orthopedist is recommending knock-knee surgery for him while he’s going through his growth spurt. Basically, they insert something into the growth plate that inhibits the growth on the short side; then pull it a few months later when the imbalance has been corrected. I have never heard of this before and am wondering if anyone has any experience. Or also experiences as a knock knees adult? Son expected to be 6’+ so they say that’s a factor. [/quote]

I was about to post exactly this - I have never heard of this and don't know anyone who has done it and my doctor wants my ten year old daughter to do it next week (ahh! I need to research!)
If anyone has experience with pros/cons  - or if you OP went through with it - I would love to hear about it. [/quote]
Our initial orthopedist was very aggressive with scheduling surgery.   I am uncertain from the post what the surgery is that your dr is recommending and your child's specific profile - but please get a 2nd opinion (if you have not already done so).  For my son's situation, they wanted to do the surgery in certain age range but I would assume it was tied to growth.  
For my son they broke the femur, repositioned it and inserted a pin.  Recovery was 6 weeks on crutches followed by a bunch of PT. 
6 months later they did the 2nd leg and 6 months later removed the pins.[/quote]
This does not sound like genu valgum (knock knees).  They would not break a femur for that. [/quote]
Sorry for the confusion - for my child "knock knees" was what was observed - but the actual medical situation was de-rotation of the femur[/quote]

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