Abstract

CAPOTE LLANARES, Miguel Ángel  and  LORENZO PEREZ, Manuel. Surgical treatment using coralline hydroxyapatite in infantile pararalytic valgus foot. Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol [online]. 2010, vol.24, n.2, pp. 36-43. ISSN 1561-3100.

INTRODUCTION. The flat valgus foot is one of the more frequent orthopedic affections in children. The objective of present paper was to study the treatment results obtained in 20 children presenting with valgus flat foot underwent subastragalus extra-articular arthrodesis using a fragment of coralline hydroxyapatite. METHODS. A longitudinal and prospective study was conducted in 20 foot's patients diagnosed as a infantile paralytic valgus foot seen in the Children Teaching Hospital of Cerro municipality from March, 2005 to March, 2008. After a preliminary cut at two years authors performed a surgical treatment with subastralagus exra-articular arthrodesis in 12 patients included in the work universe thus they allowing to present a preliminary analysis of results obtained at that moment. RESULTS. The 12 patients operated on were aged between 6 and 12. There were 11 patients with satisfactory results and another patient with regular results and a fracture of the implanted material but clinically improved the pain and the deformity. Assessment of surgical technique yielded a 90% of good results and a 10% of regular results. CONCLUSION. Subastragalus extra-articular arthrodesis using coralline hydroxiapatite is a considered a good alternative for surgical treatment of infantile paralytic valgus foot.

Keywords : Infantile paralytic valgus foot; subastragalus extra-articular arthrodesis; coralline hydroxyapatite.

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