Open AccessTARSAL COALITIONS IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY: CLINICAL OBSERVATION AND TREATMENT STRATEGY
Author(s) -
Vladimir Kenis,
Кенис Владимир Маркович,
Andrei Viktorovich Sapogovsky,
Сапоговский Андрей Викторович,
Ruslan Khalilovich Husainov,
Хусаинов Руслан Халилович
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
ortopediâ, travmatologiâ i vosstanovitelʹnaâ hirurgiâ detskogo vozrasta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2410-8731
pISSN - 2309-3994
DOI - 10.17816/ptors2113-17
Subject(s) - cerebral palsy , radiological weapon , medicine , tarsal bone , magnetic resonance imaging , foot (prosody) , deformity , confusion , foot deformity , surgery , pediatrics , radiology , physical therapy , ankle , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , psychoanalysis
Tarsal coalition is a congenital anomaly of the foot, characterized by later appearance of the clinical and radiological signs, which become obvious in adolescents. Tarsal coalitions in children with cerebral palsy can lead to diagnostic confusion, as well as to complicate natural course of foot deformity and surgical treatment. The paper presents first experience with the systematized data for tarsal coalitions in children with cerebral palsy. Among 157 children operated for foot deformities this anomaly was identified in 4 patients (incidence - 2,5 % in our series). Clinical and radiological descriptions, surgical management, including complications, are presented for these cases, which demonstrate significance of tarsal coalitions for diagnostics, surgical management and prognosis. Information and caution, regarding tarsal coalitions in children with cerebral palsy, who undergo surgical treatment for foot deformities, as well as advanced methods of diagnostics (magnetic resonance and computed tomography), are required in order to avoid preventable complications.