title: Surgical treatment of the child's and adolescent's flexible flatfoot.
abstract: Operative intervention for juvenile flexible flatfoot is considered after a protracted course of orthotics and shoe modifications have failed to relieve associated symptoms. Surgical treatment options include hindfoot fusion, soft tissue procedures, calcaneal osteotomies, limited midtarsal arthrodeses, combination techniques, and subtalar arthroereisis. Long-term, high success rates have been documented with use of combination procedures and the anterior calcaneal osteotomy of Evans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Roye
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Raimondo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005413:Flatfoot / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005529:Foot Bones / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011859:Radiography