Calcaneal Slide Osteotomy

While not everyone with flat feet experiences pain the condition is closely associated with ankle and knee pain it can also alter your ideal leg alignment.

Calcaneal slide osteotomy. The medial slide calcaneal osteotomy alters the pull of the gastrocnemius soleus muscle group slightly medial to the axis of the subtalar joint. If perfectly aligned your heel bone should be directly underneath your shin bone tibia. The four most common types are the evans dwyer medial shift and lateral shift. Surgeons can then achieve fixation using the 7 0 mm compression ft screws or the 6 5 compression pt screws.

A calcaneal osteotomy is a bone cut osteotomy that a surgeon makes across the heel bone calcaneus. After the bone is cut it is moved to the desired location and fixed in place. A variety of fixation methods exist including screws and plates. In a calcaneal osteotomy an incision is made on the outer or lateral side of the foot.

Most often surgical implants such as screws hold the bones together and support healing. Arthrex s recently launched minimally invasive surgery platform allows surgeons to perform this osteotomy through a tiny incision. The purpose of a calcaneal osteotomy is to shift the heel bone towards the inside medial or outside lateral. Medial calcaneal sliding osteotomy is a surgical procedure designed to dramatically modify the existing shape of your foot creating an arch to correct flat feet.

A calcaneal osteotomy is a common technique used to treat stage ii flatfoot deformity.