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I have knock knees. will i get taller if i have a surgery to correct my knock knees?
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Yes: The technical term for knock knees is genuine valgum. Correction of the deformity will straighten the leg and make the vertical distance of your leg, therefore making you taller. The main exception to this is if your surgeon does a closing wedge osteotimy, then bone is removed from the leg and then height gain would be negligible.
Answered 2/10/2021
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