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01-12-2014 | Modern Techniques in Lower Limb Realignment (DE Bonasia and P Phisitkul, Section Editors)

Calcaneus osteotomy

Authors: Joshua N. Tennant, Michael Carmont, Phinit Phisitkul

Published in: Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine | Issue 4/2014

Abstract

Calcaneal osteotomy is an extra-articular, joint-sparing procedure that is used in the correction of cavovarus and planovalgus foot deformity. Careful indications and contraindications for the procedure, with meticulous surgical technique, should be followed to avoid complications and to achieve optimal outcomes. Multiple options of osteotomies exist, including translational (medializing and lateralizing calcaneal osteotomy, with ability to slide proximally or distally, closing wedge (Dwyer), and rotational type osteotomies (Evans, Z-osteotomy). Future directions for innovation include developments of both implants and surgical techniques.

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Tennant JN, Veljkovic A, Phisitkul P. Technique tip: percutaneous endoscopically-assisted calcaneal slide osteotomy. Iowa Orthop J. 2013;33:191–5. Describes a unique, newly developed technique for calcaneal slide that one of the authors (Phisitkul) uses for sliding calcaneal osteotomies.

Title: Calcaneus osteotomy
Authors: Joshua N. Tennant
Michael Carmont
Phinit Phisitkul
Publication date: 01-12-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine / Issue 4/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1935-9748
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12178-014-9237-8

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