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TREATMENT OF MOBILE FLAT FOOT BY DISPLACEMENT OSTEOTOMY OF THE CALCANEUS



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Abstract

1. Thirty-four cases of calcaneal osteotomy for mobile flat foot in nineteen patients are reviewed.

2. The function was markedly improved in seventeen of the nineteen patients.

3. The operation was successful in correcting the valgus deformity of the heel in thirty of the thirty-four feet. it was less successful in improving the longitudinal arch, especially when the flat foot deformity was severe.

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