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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 95-B, Issue SUPP_21 | Pages 5 - 5
1 Apr 2013
Shalaby H Wood A Keenan A Arthur C
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Introduction

Longstanding complex muliplanar foot deformities represent a significant challenge. The traditional surgical techniques involve excessive dissection and excision of large bony wedges or modifications of the triple fusion to correct the deformity. The majority of the reports in the literature present collective data on different deformity patterns and also mix paediatric and adult patients, even with multiple correction techniques. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical, radiological and functional outcomes of the gradual correction of a single common deformity pattern of equino-cavo-varus using a single correction technique of the V-osteotomy and the Ilizarov frame.

Material and methods

We present prospectively collected data on 40 feet in 35 adult patients with stiff longstanding equino-cavo-varus deformity. All patients had a V-osteotomy and gradual correction using an Ilizarov frame, with a mean follow-up of 20 months. We collected the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Scocity score (AOFAS), the Foot and Ankle Disability Index (FADI) and a Visual Analogue Pain score (VAS) for all ptients preoperatively and between 1 and 2 years following frame removal.