Ilizarov treatment for equinoplanovalgus foot deformity caused by melorheostosis.
Melorheostosis often is disabling because of progressive contracture of the joint and soft tissue involved. Operative intervention often is hazardous and patients also have recurrences. A 14-year, 2-month-old boy, who presented with a recurrent equinoplanovalgus deformity of the right foot caused by melorheostosis, was treated successfully using the Ilizarov technique, including distraction osteotomy in the calcaneus. The patient had a painless, plantigrade, and functional foot at age 18 years.
Choi
In Ho
IH
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital and Clinical Research Institute, Chongnogu, Korea. inhoc@snu.ac.kr
Kim
Jin Ill
JI
Yoo
Won Joon
WJ
Chung
Chin Youb
CY
Cho
Tae-Joon
TJ
D000293:Adolescent; D004863:Equinus Deformity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018889:Ilizarov Technique; D008297:Male; D008557:Melorheostosis / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence