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Calf enlargement (calf augmentation) is often considered by patients whose calves are excessively narrow (in extreme cases, they may be described as “stork legs”) due to insufficient muscular mass, fat atrophy, or illness such as clubfoot, spastic paralysis, spina bifida, and poliomyelitis.
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Goisis, M., Stella, E. (2014). Calf Augmentation and Remodeling. In: Goisis, M. (eds) Injections in Aesthetic Medicine. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5361-8_18
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