Subtalar arthroereisis for treatment of children with flexible planovalgus foot deformity and analysis of CT data in long-term period.

Unlabelled: The aim of the study is to analyze the long-term results of the subtalar arthroereisis of the feet according to Grice in children with flexible symptomatic planovalgus foot deformity.

Methods: 29 children (58 feet) were treated with symptomatic flexible planovalgus foot deformity.

Results: The average value of AOFAS increased from 63 (51-84) to 92 (53-96) points.

Closed arthrodesis in infected neuropathic ankles using Ilizarov ring fixation.

Aims: Infected and deformed neuropathic feet and ankles are serious challenges for surgical management. In this study we present our experience in performing ankle arthrodesis in a closed manner, without surgical preparation of the joint surfaces by cartilaginous debridement, but instead using an Ilizarov ring fixator (IRF) for deformity correction and facilitating fusion, in arthritic neuropathic ankles with associated osteomyelitis.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all the patients who underwent closed ankle arthrodesis (CAA) in Ilizarov Scientific Centre from 2013 to 2018 (Group A) and compared them with a similar group of patients (Group B) who underwent open ankle arthrodesis (OAA).

Cleft foot: A case report and review of literature.

Background: Cleft foot is a very rare congenital anomaly, which is characterized by central rays deficiency of the foot. It is also known as split foot or ectrodactyly of the foot, and it is very often combined with splitting of the hands. The defect develops due to insufficient activity of the median apical ectodermal ridge, which leads to an increase in cell death or a decrease in cell proliferation.

Myotopography in Tibial Lengthening.

Limb lengthening by Ilizarov lengthens not just the long bone, but also the soft tissues too. Damage of the muscles during corticotomy and their stretching during distraction play a crucial role in occurrence of complications and final limb function. We present here a systematic codified nomenclature system of each muscle summarising all the influence that corticotomy and distraction have the particular muscle and demonstrate the same in the setting of tibial lengthening.