Petje G, Steinböck G, Landsiedl F
First Department of Orthopaedics I/D, Speising Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
Acta Orthop Scand. 1996 Aug;67(4):359-63. doi: 10.3109/17453679609002331.
We examined 11 feet, 18 (11-30) months after simultaneous tarsometatarsal and medial longitudinal arch fusion to stabilize a residual mobile flat foot resulting from an injury. All had solid fusion and the surgical correction of the flat foot deformity was maintained. At the follow-up, we rated 6 feet as excellent and 5 as good. Mechanically, simultaneous arthrodesis of the tarsometatarsal joint and the longitudinal arch of the foot seem better than isolated arthrodesis of the tarsometatarsal joints.