Dr Carr performed a significant portion of the literature review and drafted nearly all of the
initial manuscript; Dr Yang assisted with the literature review and helped with the initial draft; …

conservative management. The assessment of the pediatric flatfoot needs to be considered
with reference to the epidemiological findings, where there is consensus that pediatric …

Background: Clinical decision-making in the treatment of foot deformities is based primarily
on the results of the physical examination and the radiographic findings. The purpose of this …

Background: Surgery is indicated in symptomatic flatfoot when conservative treatment fails to
relieve the symptoms. Osteotomies appear to be the best choice for these painful feet. The …

Background: Lateral column lengthening, a commonly used adjuvant for the reconstruction
of adult flatfoot deformity, can lead to postoperative complaints of lateral plantar pain or …

Background Flexible flatfoot is a physiological variation of normality that does not need
correction unless it becomes symptomatic. It remains unclear why some flexible flatfeet …

Background: Acquired flexible flatfoot encompasses a wide spectrum of disease, and there
is no validated treatment protocol. We hypothesized that a medializing calcaneal osteotomy …

The authors studied the outcomes of calcaneal lengthening for the treatment of planovalgus
foot deformity in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy (92 feet in 56 children, mean age …

Symptomatic flexible pediatric pes planovalgus is a common problem encountered in the
foot and ankle practice. There is a wide range of clinical presentations, both objectively and …

Objective documentation of dynamic varus and valgus deformities of the hindfoot is still a
clinical dilemma. In a review of spastic foot deformities, clinical, radiographic, and foot …