2020, Volume 13, Issue 3, pp 356 – 361

Quality of Life after Flatfoot Surgery in the Pediatric Population

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* Corresponding Author: Alin Gabriel Sterian, MD, Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy 37 Dionisie Lupu, 050474, Bucharest, Romania. E-mail: drsterian@gmail.com

Abstract

Flatfoot is a common deformity in the pediatric population and has a multitude of causes. Sometimes, it can be a normal finding in children, and treatment should not be guided only based on the appearance, but rather after thoroughly assessing the patient and the impact it has on the child’s daily life. In this paper, we describe the quality of life that the patients are experiencing after the surgical treatment of this pathology. We made a comparison between the most used techniques for correcting flatfoot and insisted on the postoperative comfort of the patient, rehabilitation, and the time it took to get back to their daily routine. The comparison was made between Mosca calcaneal lengthening osteotomy, Grice extraarticular arthrodesis, arthroereisis and triple arthrodesis of the foot. All of the surgeries were performed by the same doctor at “Grigore Alexandrescu” Emergency Hospital for Children in Bucharest. From the data collected, we propose that newer, minimally invasive techniques could be used in treating this pathology in order to help the patient feel better in the postoperative period and avoid some of the complications regularly encountered when using the old techniques.

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PMC ID: 7550133
PubMed ID: 33072208
DOI: 10.25122/jml-2020-0144

Article Publishing Date (print): Jul-Sep 2020
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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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