Susan T Mahan, Samantha A Spencer, Peter S Vezeridis, James R Kasser
PURPOSE: There are little patient-reported data on functional outcomes of tarsal coalition resection in children and adolescents. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the medium-term (>2 y) outcomes in patients who have had surgical excision of their symptomatic tarsal coalition and to compare patient-based outcomes in patients who have calcaneonavicular (CN) coalitions to those with talocalcaneal (TC) coalitions. METHODS: A billing query was conducted to identify patients who had surgical excision of their tarsal coalition between 2003 and 2008...
September 2015: Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics