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FLAT FOOT

1975; British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery; Volume: 57-B; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1302/0301-620x.57b3.279

2044-5377

B. S. Jones,

Foot and Ankle Surgery

The pathogenesis of flat foot and its operative correction for severe cases are reviewed. The importance of the medial plantar fascia in maintaining the structural integrity of the foot is emphasised. Reinforcement of an incompetent plantar fascia by separating the inner half of the calcaneal tendon and attaching it to the neck of the first metatarsal has given results in three patients that were satisfactory at two, six and seven years later.