An operation for paralytic calcaneo-cavus / by Robert Jones.

  • Robert Jones
Date:
1915
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Credit: An operation for paralytic calcaneo-cavus / by Robert Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    If there be valgoid deformity let the section be wider on the inner than on the outer side. Suture, and obliterate the cavus deformity by extending the foot which is now bandaged to the Fic. 7.—After first stage. tibia, the calcaneus deformity being apparently much increased. (Fig. 10.) Stage II (four weeks later). Make a longitudinal incision at back of heel, the center being opposite the ankle-joint. Open the joint and take a wedge from the astragalus, sufficiently large to be accurately obliterated when the foot is brought to right angles. Denude tibia and fibula of cartilage. (Fig. 11.)
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