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CALCANEO-VALGUS DEFORMITYDillwyn Evans 1
1 Cardiff, Wales
A discussion of the essential deformity in calcaneo-valgus feet develops a theme originally put forward in 1961 on the relapsed club foot (Evans 1961). Whereas in the normal foot the medial and lateral columns are about equal in length, in talipes equino-varus the lateral column is longer and in calcaneo-valgus shorter than the medial column. The suggestion is that in the treatment of both deformities the length of the columns be made equal. A method is described of treating calcaneo-valgus deformity by inserting cortical bone grafts taken from the tibia to elongate the anterior end of the calcaneus.
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I wish to thank Miss B. Wales and Mr C. M. Walker of the Departments of Radiology and Clinical Photography at the Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital for their contribution to this article and Miss L. M. Thomas, Miss M. A. Angove and Miss H. R. Taylor for their secretarial help.
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