Michael Matthews, Emily A Cook, Jeremy Cook, Lindsay Johnson, Timothy Karthas, Byron Collier, Daniel Hansen, Elena Manning, Bryon McKenna, Philip Basile
Common corrective osteotomies used in flexible flatfoot deformity reconstruction include Cotton and Evans osteotomies, which require structural graft to maintain correction. Auto-, allo-, and xenografts are associated with a number of limitations, including disease transmission, rejection, donor site morbidity, technical challenges related to graft fashioning, and graft resorption. Porous titanium is a synthetic substance designed to address these flaws; however, few studies have been reported on the efficacy, safety, and long-term outcomes...
September 2018: Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery