BACKGROUND: The underdeveloped lower leg can be a source of embarrassment. Underdevelopment or @entity194 may be associated with asymmetry, @entity85 ( @entity12318 , @entity14953 ), @entity16 , or disease (polio). In some @entity1 , muscular development simply fails to respond to exercise. Augmentation of the @entity291 with subfascial silicone implants has been practiced for 25 years and is a reliable procedure. The implant is placed through a transverse popliteal incision in a plane dissected between the gastrocnemius fascia and muscle. One or both heads of the gastrocnemius are augmented-a larger size is usually used medially. When the lower portion of the leg is also thin, and especially when there is tibial torsion, augmentation of the @entity291 alone may exaggerate the deformity. METHODS: A new one-piece combined medial @entity291 -medial leg implant has been developed and used in 15 @entity1 (n = 30 implants). RESULTS: Augmentation/correction has met with complete @entity1 approval (except for one @entity1 who wished to have a larger size). CONCLUSION: A new and effective implant to correct @entity85 or lack of development of the lower leg is presented.

Augmentation of the lower leg: a new combined XXXX -tibial implant.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'people', 'patient'] @entity12318 :: ('MESH:D005413', 'Disease') :: ['tibial torsion, pes planus'] @entity16 :: ('MESH:D009422', 'Disease') :: ['traumatic nerve damage'] @entity14953 :: ('MESH:D060906', 'Disease') :: ['genu valgus'] @entity194 :: ('MESH:D001284', 'Disease') :: ['atrophy'] @entity85 :: ('MESH:D009140', 'Disease') :: ['congenital deformity', 'various deformities'] @entity291 :: ('9913', 'Species') :: ['calf', 'calves']
@entity291 :: (9913,Species) :: ['calf']
