tibial torsion
Tibial derotational osteotomy
Submitted by j_smi001 on November 5, 2007 - 3:07pm.It was back in March 2000 when I first saw a very well respected knee surgeon who carried out a thorough examination of my knees. On examination he found that I had very obvious and severe external tibial torsion which was compensatory to excessive anteversion at my femoral neck. This was bilateral and probably developmental in origin. As a result I had squinting patellae on standing and walked with markedly externally rotated foot progression angle. I had slightly valgus heel with pronated flat feet. On standing on tip toe I did not develop a significant