title: [Indications for corrective operations for maintaining function in post-traumatic deformities of the distal lower leg and foot].
abstract: Reconstruction surgery in posttraumatic deformities in the lower leg and the foot is indicated under different aspects: restoration of function, improvement of prognosis, improvement of function and melioration of physical appearance. Technically effective surgical means are available to date, such as: metaphyseal closing and opening wedge osteotomies, diaphyseal step-cut osteotomies, diaphyseal and metaphyseal displacement osteotomies, lengthening osteotomy, external fixation, revision of infections, joint revisions, scar revisions, nerve revisions, plastic skin operations.
mesh_terms: D005531:Foot Deformities, Acquired / Q000601:surgery*; D018409:Foot Injuries; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Indikation zur funktionserhaltenden Korrekturoperation bei posttraumatischen Deformitäten am distalen Unterschenkel und Fuss.