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ANALYSIS OF THE ATTITUDE OF PATIENTS WITH ESTHETIC LEG DEFORMITIES TO THE PROBLEM OF «BOW LEGS» (BASED ON THEIR SELF-EVALUATION REPORTS)

M. A. Chernyavsky, O. G. Teterin, D. A. Malanin

Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, кафедра травматологии, ортопедии и ВПХ с курсом травматологии и ортопедии ФУВ

Abstract

The study performed in Volgograd established that individuals who presented with complaints about their leg shape had a stigmatization experience, felt frustrated, fearful of discrimination, and were poorly socially adapted. They developed all these problems in their adolescent years. As a treatment outcome most patients expected social and psychological re-adaptation. A mere surgical improvement of the leg shape is a necessary but insufficient condition for the development of a positive attitude to treatment in people with leg deformities.

Keywords

correction of minor shin deformity, orthopedic cosmetology, esthetic orthopedics, attitude of patients.

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