title: Ilizarov treatment for equinoplanovalgus foot deformity caused by melorheostosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital and Clinical Research Institute, Chongnogu, Korea. inhoc@snu.ac.kr
authors.forename: In Ho
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jin Ill
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Won Joon
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Chin Youb
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Tae-Joon
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: 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