title: A new surgical technique for the treatment of pes planus deformity: a preliminary report.
abstract: This posteriorly placed, extra-articular, calcaneal osteotomy was developed at the Atlanta Hospital and Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Using a posterior, transverse approach, a frontal or sagittal plane Z-plasty lengthening of the Achilles tendon is performed to gain access to the superior aspect of the calcaneal body. An opening wedge osteotomy is then directed posterior-dorsal to anterior-plantar, to effectively plantarflex the posterior aspect of the calcaneus. It is indicated in clinical conditions involving a sagittal plane flatfoot with minimal heel valgus.
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005413:Flatfoot / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010027:Osteotomy