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Quality of Life after Flatfoot Surgery in the Pediatric Population
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 l...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7550133/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33072208 http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2020-0144 |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-75501332020-10-16 Quality of Life after Flatfoot Surgery in the Pediatric Population Sterian, Alin Gabriel Ulici, Alexandru J Med Life Original Article 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. Carol Davila University Press 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7550133/ /pubmed/33072208 http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2020-0144 Text en ©Carol Davila University Press This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Sterian, Alin Gabriel Ulici, Alexandru Quality of Life after Flatfoot Surgery in the Pediatric Population |
title | Quality of Life after Flatfoot Surgery in the Pediatric Population |
title_full | Quality of Life after Flatfoot Surgery in the Pediatric Population |
title_fullStr | Quality of Life after Flatfoot Surgery in the Pediatric Population |
title_full_unstemmed | Quality of Life after Flatfoot Surgery in the Pediatric Population |
title_short | Quality of Life after Flatfoot Surgery in the Pediatric Population |
title_sort | quality of life after flatfoot surgery in the pediatric population |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7550133/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33072208 http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2020-0144 |
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