 Hello, I am Dr. Karan Kukreja, Consulate Orthopedic Surgeon at Manipal Hospital Whitefield. I shall be talking a little bit more about deformities, especially about the corrections. Correction of the deformity depends on the cause of the deformity, the location and the exact pattern of the deformity. In this we have multiple options. Soft tissue deformities generally require soft tissue surgery, but majority of the deformities are typically bony. Correction of bony deformities can be done in many techniques. Fixation of the bone is done typically by either a plate or an external fixator. Whereas the bone has to be cut with a technique called osteotomy. This is done in combination. Plate fixation has the advantage that it is comfortable and it is a single sitting procedure, but cannot achieve accurate correction of all deformities and cannot achieve any lengthening. In case of deformities, where in addition to the deformity correction, lengthening is required or in case of complex multi-planar deformities, the ideal method of correction would be using an external fixation. So this requires even complex deformities can be corrected gradually by stretching of the tissues on the bone and new bone can also be grown with the help of the external fixation. External fixation can be of many types. The uni-planar external fixator, the elizavaring external fixator or even the computer-assisted six-axis complex deformity correction fixators. We use any of these as per the requirement. During these deformity corrections, you can correct all the deformities including lengthening and the external fixation is the first choice for not only a cosmic lengthening, but also for correction of traumatic bone loss and various deformities. At Manipal Hospital Whitefield, me and my team have been trained in and specialized in complex deformity corrections.