D¶per osteotomy for treatment of calcaneal varus
Robinson-D-S. Clark-B-Jr. Prigoff-M-M. Department of Podiatric Surgery, Dallas Family Hospital, Texas. J-Foot-Surg. 1988 Nov-Dec. 27(6). P 541-4. Treatment of varus deformity of the rearfoot is satisfactorily corrected with a lateral closing wedge osteotomy of the calcaneus. Whether the condition being treated is [1mclub foot, [m pes cavus deformity, or calcaneal varus alone, statistics show the varus component is consistently resolved with this osteotomy approach. A case report of calcaneal varus is presented, including a postoperative complication with resolution.
Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.
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