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Fixing Feet with a New Surgery -- Research Summary

BONE AND MUSCLE DEFECT: Birth defects can occur in any bone or muscle, although the bones and muscles of the skull, face, spine, hips, legs, and feet are affected most often. Bones and muscles may develop incompletely. Also, structures that normally align together may be separated or misaligned. Usually, bone and muscle defects result in abnormal appearance and function of the affected part of the body. Most of these defects are repaired surgically if symptoms are troublesome. Often, the surgery is complex and involves reconstructing deformed or absent body parts. ( Source: Home Health handbook)


ABNORMALITIES OF THE FEET: Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus) is a defect in which the foot and ankle are twisted out of shape or position. The usual clubfoot is a down and inward turning of the hind foot and ankle, with twisting inward of the forefoot. Sometimes the foot only appears abnormal because it was held in an unusual position in the uterus (positional clubfoot). In contrast, true clubfoot is a structurally abnormal foot. With true clubfoot, the bones of the leg or foot or the muscles of the calf are often underdeveloped.


FIXING IT: Gastrocnemius recession is commonly performed to correct an equinus contracture of the ankle that may accompany foot and ankle pathology in adults. The equinus deformity leads to excessive pressure and pain that manifests as plantar fasciitis, metatarsalgia, posterior tibial tendon insufficiency, osteoarthritis, and foot ulcers. The procedure is also performed on individuals who have limited ankle dorsiflexion. ( Source: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons)


A NEW SPIN: Doctor Mark R. Gorman is changing the game. He’s using a custom-fit conical titanium implant placed between the heel bone and ankle bone in each foot, to restore normal stability and mobility. “We used to actually cut a piece of bone either from the hip or from the tibia and put it in there and rough up the bones on the calcaneus heel bone and the ankle bone the talus, rough that up and put that in and put somebody in a cast for two to three months and that would become a solid piece of bone.” Dr. Gorman said. “No foot pain, no leg pain, no pathology.” MORE

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