Haglund's syndrome: disappointing results following surgery -- a clinical and radiographic analysis.

Clinical and radiographic data were analyzed for 49 surgical interventions of painful heel syndrome with a mean follow-up of 4 years and 7 months. In all patients the surgical procedure consisted of a triangular shaped resection of the posterosuperior portion of the calcaneus. The clinical evaluation showed disappointing results with complete relief of complaints in only 34 procedures (69.