title: Pes planus after tibial osteotomy.
abstract: When 100 patients who had had a high tibial osteotomy for monocompartmental arthritis were reviewed, 15 were found to have evidence of neurological impairment. A severe symptomatic pes planus deformity of the ipsilateral limb had developed in 4 patients within months of surgery. Electromyographic results showed evidence of dysfunction in the territory of the posterior tibial nerve in all 4 patients, and, in 3 there was evidence of deep peroneal nerve damage. All had surgery for varus malalignment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Dundee, Scotland.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: McLaren
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wootton
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000601:surgery; D001168:Arthritis / Q000601:surgery; D005413:Flatfoot / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery*