The Rigid Flatfoot Tarsal Coalitions
Blakemore L, Cooperman D, Thompson G. The Rigid Flatfoot Tarsal Coalitions. Clinics In Podiatric Medicine And Surgery 2000, 17: 531-555. PMID: 10943504, DOI: 10.1016/s0891-8422(23)01144-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarsal coalitionCommon operative treatmentInterposition of fatRigid flatfoot deformityCommon presenting symptomOnset of symptomsCartilaginous coalitionPresenting symptomSymptomatic recurrenceOperative treatmentSurgical treatmentPlain radiographsConservative measuresCommon siteFlatfoot deformityDegenerative changesCalcaneonavicular coalitionComputerized tomographyMesenchymal differentiationMajor causePatientsSymptomsTime of ossificationTreatmentChildren