Treatment of Traumatic Deformities of the Feet

Abstract

Survey on 24 cases of traumatic deformities of the feet were reported with special reference to 5 cases of deformity of the ankle caused by growth disturbances of distal epiphysis of the lower legs which were treated by “zug-gurtung” method following corrective osteotomy. While the epiphyseal arrest was necessary for the cases under the age of 10 years and the “Zug-gurtung” method was not always sufficient, the method was thought to be encouraging for preventing recurrence of the deformity.