The goal of this interventional study is to compare clinical outcome, radiological parameters, complication rates and time to recovery of calcaneal lengthening osteotomy with locking wedge plate versus PEEK cage interposition in management of symptomatic flexible pes planovalgus foot deformity in adolescents
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
30
calcaneal lengthening osteotomy is a surgical procedure to correct symptomatic flexible pes planovalgus foot deformity in adolescents
one group will undergo calcaneal lengthening osteotomy with locking wedge plate fixation to maintain lengthening
second group will undergo calcaneal lengthening osteotomy with PEEK cage interposition to maintain lengthening
Sohag Faculty of Medicine
Sohag, Egypt
Foot and ankle ability measure visual analogue scale radiological
clinical and radiological
Time frame: 1 year
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