title: [Treatment of splay foot with the Helal metatarsal osteotomy].
abstract: Between 1983-1987 Helal's metatarsal II-IV osteotomy was performed on 135 feet because of painful splayfoot. Follow-up examinations of 93 feet 22 month post up on average showed subjectively and objectively good results in about 80% of the cases. In case of overlength of single metatarsalia we modified Helal's osteotomy by resecting a boneslice instead of performing a simple osteotomy. In order to reduce the incidence of the disturbance of wound healing and longlasting swelling we recommend a modification of post-op treatment.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädischen Klinik Volmarstein.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005413:Flatfoot / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Spreizfussbehandlung mit der Metatarsalosteotomie nach Helal.