CORRECTION OF EXTREME FLATFOOT
- 3 November 1923
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 81 (18) , 1502-1507
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1923.02650180020008
Abstract
In 1916, Dr. Percy Roberts read a paper before the American Orthopedic Association entitled "The Influence of the Os Calcis on the Production of Valgus Deformities of the Foot," and exhibited a plate for the control of the position of the os calcis. In this paper, the mechanics of flatfoot and the rôle of the os calcis in its production were thoroughly set forth. It was then that I conceived the idea of the operative attack on the os calcis with displacement inward of its posterior portion in order to change the center of weight bearing sufficiently to correct the everted flatfoot. It was not until I began a search of the literature that I discovered the operation of Gleich. From inquiry among my friends, I judge that few or no osteotomies of the os calcis for the radical cure of extreme flatfoot have been done in this counrty. IKeywords
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