Learning Objectives of this Pathway:
- Understand how to properly evaluate flatfoot/PTTD
- Recognize and be able to assess the stages of flatfoot/PTTD
- Understand the soft tissue treatment options for flexible flatfoot
- Review and recognize the osteotomies available for flexible flatfoot/PTTD
Days 1-3:
Clinical Sessions:
- Gait Evaluation and Clinical Staging for PTTD
- How to Get a Flat: Making Sense of the Latest Research and Data
- Imaging of Soft Tissue Insufficiency in PTTD: Does It Affect Evaluation and Treatment?
- Surgical Decision Making in Stage II PTTD
- What to Do with the Posterior Tibial Tendon: Fix, Transfer, or Cut It Out?
Podcasts:
JFAS Articles:
- American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons Clinical Consensus Statement: Appropriate Clinical Management of Adult-Acquired Flatfoot Deformity
- Could Failure of the Spring Ligament Complex Be the Driving Force behind the Development of the Adult Flatfoot Deformity?
- Nonoperative Care for the Treatment of Adult-Acquired Flatfoot Deformity
- Demographic, Physical, and Radiographic Factors Associated with Functional Flatfoot Deformity
- Treatment of Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction without Flexor Digitorum Tendon Transfer: A Retrospective Study of 34 Patients
- The Modified Kidner-Cobb Procedure for Symptomatic Flexible Pes Planovalgus and Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction Stage II: Review of 50 Feet in 39 Patients
Days 4-6:
Clinical Sessions:
Surgical Techniques:
JFAS Articles:
- Effects of Medial Displacement Calcaneal Osteotomy and Calcaneal Z Osteotomy on Subtalar Joint Pressures: A Cadaveric Flatfoot Model
- Long-Term Outcomes of Corrective Osteotomies Using Porous Titanium Wedges for Flexible Flatfoot Deformity Correction
- Bioabsorbable Calcaneo-Stop Implant for the Treatment of Flexible Flatfoot: A Retrospective Cohort Study at a Minimum Follow-Up of 4 Years
- Spontaneous Subtalar Fusion: An Irreversible Complication of Subtalar Arthroereisis
- Incidence of Nonunion of the Unfixated, Isolated Evans Calcaneal Osteotomy: A Systematic Review
- Displacement of the Anterior Process of the Calcaneus after Evans Calcaneal Osteotomy
- Evans Osteotomy and Risk to Subtalar Joint Articular Facets and Sustentaculum Tali: A Cadaver Study
- Double Calcaneal Osteotomy with Percutaneous Steinmann Pin Fixation as Part of Treatment for Flexible Flatfoot Deformity: A Review of Consecutive Cases Highlighting Our Experience with Pin Fixation