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Chinese woman has corrective surgery 15 years after horrific car accident twisted her legs the wrong way round

By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 1:08 PM on 7th July 2010

A Chinese woman who had her legs twisted the wrong way round in a car accident has been told she should be able to walk and stand normally after undergoing corrective surgery.

Xiao Fang was just seven when she was involved in an horrific car accident which caused severe damage to her legs.



Mangled: Xiao Fang, 22, suffered horrific injuries in a car crash when she was seven which caused her legs to be twisted round the wrong way

Surgeons managed to avoid having to amputate them, but due to the trauma she suffered in the accident her legs began to grow abnormally and become twisted out of shape.

Miss Fang, now 22, from Harbin in China's north eastern Heilonjiang province, has had to live with the problem for 15 years.

But finally she underwent the corrective surgery on her limbs on June 21.
Xiao Fang



Surgery: Miss Fang has lived with her condition for 15 years and the trauma the crash had on her legs has caused them to grow out of shape

Xiao Fang



Hope: Surgeons have straightened out her legs and removed excess bone and say Miss Fang should be able to stand and walk normally once she has healed

During the successful operation, her legs were straightened out and her surplus knee bones removed.

Tendons in her legs were also lengthened by the surgeons to allow her to walk.

Both legs are now in casts and Miss Fang has been told by doctors she should be able to walk normally on them once the bones have healed completely.

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