A Preliminary Study of Selective Plantar-Muscle Denervation for Pes Cavus

Garceau, George J.; Brahms, Malcolm A.

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“…Polio is a less frequent cause of anterior cavus, but is the commonest cause of posterior cavus. Polio can be a significant cause in combined anterior-posterior cavus deformity also 3. In this series, we have deliberately deviated from Japas' concept in performing this operation in polio group, not restricting to anterior type alone.…”

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“…According to western literature, it is a common cause, although we did not have a single case in this series. When present, it poses a challenging problem to the clinician 35. In developing countries, polio still remains one of the formidable causes.…”

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“…The etiology may vary 3 with some idiopathic cases and some others post-traumatic. But majority of them have a neurologic etiology, either spinal or peripheral.…”

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“…Polio, at one time, used to be a significant cause. Other neurologic causes include spina bifida, myelodysplasia, myopathy, arthrogryposis, residual deformity following CTEV, Friedrich's ataxia 3 4 etc. Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease is another cause of pes cavus.…”

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A prospective study of Japas′ osteotomy in paralytic pes cavus deformity in adolescent feet

Chatterjee¹,

Sahu²

2009

Indian J Orthop

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Background:Pes cavus is a progressive and ugly deformity of the foot. Although initially the deformity is painless, with time, painful callosities develop under metatarsal heads and arthritis supervenes later in feet. Mild deformities can be treated with corrective shoes, or foot exercises. However, in others, operative treatment is imperative. Soft tissue operations are largely unsatisfactory and temporary. Bony operations give permanent correction. We present our series of 18 patients of pes cavus in the adolescent age group, treated by Japas' V-osteotomy of the tarsus.Materials and Methods:18 patients of paralytic pes cavus deformity were treated by Japas osteotomy, between March 1995 and 2005, at our institute. The age of the patients ranged from 8.6 to 15 years (mean 11.3); 10 were boys and 8 girls. All cases had unilateral involvement, and all, but one, were post-polio cases.Result:The mean follow-up is 5.4 years. Of the 18 patients, 14 had excellent or good corrections; 4 had poor correction/complications. However, those patients could be salvaged by triple arthordesis or Dwyer's calcaneal osteotomy.Conclusion:Japas' osteotomy is a satisfactory option for correction of pes cavus deformity in adolescents. In patients who have rigid hind foot equinus or varus, however, the results are compromised.

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“…The etiology may vary 3 with some idiopathic cases and some others post-traumatic. But majority of them have a neurologic etiology, either spinal or peripheral.…”

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A prospective study of Japas′ osteotomy in paralytic pes cavus deformity in adolescent feet

Chatterjee¹,

Sahu²

2009

Indian J Orthop

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“…In neuromuscular disorders where cavus deformities are seen, most authors agree that no consistent pattern of muscle imbalance exists and that each patient must be carefully evaluated (Bentzen, 1933;Garceau and Brahms, 1956). Several studies (Brewerton et al, 1963;Paulos et al, 1980) pertaining to the evolution of pes cavus are based on a random type of population including some of the following: muscular atrophy, myelodysplasia, poliomyelitis, polyneuritis trauma and cerebral palsied patients.…”

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Roentgenographs Study of Cavus Foot Deformity in Friedreich Ataxia Patients: Preliminary Report

Allard

Sirois

Thiry

et al. 1982

Can. j. neurol. sci.

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SUMMARY:The preliminary results based on a three year retrospective study in cavus foot deformity of forty-four Friedreich ataxia patients regularly seen at the Neuromuscular Disease Clinic of Sainte-Justine Hospital have been presented. An accurate “weight-bearing” foot stereoradiographic technique has been recently developed by our group. Since the follow-up period with this device is not sufficient to provide statistical information, the conventional non-weight bearing technique has been utilized in this study to enable a possible comparison between the radiographs of ambulant and non-ambulant patients. Due to the present technique, the results of this study must be interpreted with caution.For 132 pairs of radiographs, 28 parameters have been analyzed. Four of these, namely the calcaneal inclination angle, the first metatarsal inclination angle, the inferior cortex of calcaneus-first metatarsal angle and the first-fifth metatarsals angle, were of particular interest. From these parameters, a preliminary quantitative description of cavus foot deformity in Friedreich’s ataxia has been attempted. Three stages of evolution have been tentatively identified for this type of neurological disorder.

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The Akron Midtarsal Dome Osteotomy in the Treatment of Rigid Pes Cavus

Weiner¹,

Weiner²

1993

The Clubfoot

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A Preliminary Study of Selective Plantar-Muscle Denervation for Pes Cavus

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A prospective study of Japas′ osteotomy in paralytic pes cavus deformity in adolescent feet

A prospective study of Japas′ osteotomy in paralytic pes cavus deformity in adolescent feet

Roentgenographs Study of Cavus Foot Deformity in Friedreich Ataxia Patients: Preliminary Report

The Akron Midtarsal Dome Osteotomy in the Treatment of Rigid Pes Cavus

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