Calcaneal cuboid joint motion and osteotomy stability in children one year after calcaneal lengthening osteotomy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Flexible pes planovalgus in children may be corrected with a calcaneal lengthening osteotomy (CLO).However, CLO surgery may displace the distal calcaneal fragment dorsally and affect the motion in the calcaneal-cuboid joint (CCJ). We used radiostereometric analysis (RSA) to evaluate CCJ motion and CLO stability in children one year after CLO.

Methods

Ten patients (10 feet) with symptomatic flexible pes planovalgus were investigated one year after CLO. Mean age was 11.5 years (range 8.2-14.2). Standardised RSA measurements of the foot were obtained one year after surgery without and with weight-bearing (single leg stance). Tantalum markers inserted during surgery, were used to described the CCJ motion as cuboid bone motion with respect to the distal calcaneus, an

SUBMITTER: Martinkevich P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7670122 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature