K-Wire Osteosynthesis for Arthrodesis of the Paediatric Foot Is a Good and Valid Procedure
Jannes Kreher,
Cornelia Putz,
Susanne Fackler
et al.
Abstract:Background: Foot deformities in children are common, and the majority can be treated conservatively. Nevertheless, there are deformities that require surgical treatment. These include rigid clubfeet, severe forms of pes planovalgus, pes cavus and several more. We retrospectively analysed the pseudarthrosis rate of surgical treatment of foot deformities with transcutaneous K-wire osteosynthesis in neurologically healthy children and adolescents. The aim of the study was to show that the results with K-wires are… Show more
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