Quality of life in flexible painful flatfoot treated by anterograde calcaneo-stop procedure: The patient's and family's perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to evaluate the quality of life and satisfaction about the surgical treatment in patients with symptomatic flexible flatfoot.

Methods

The Oxford Ankle Foot Questionnaire for children (one to fill in before the surgical correction and another 6-12 months after the screw's removal), the PedsQLTM Healthcare Satisfaction Generic Module and the PedsQLTM General Well-Being Scale were administered to all patients who underwent the anterograde calcaneo-stop procedure for flexible painful flatfoot between January 2012 and December 2015.

Results

One hundred forty patients were sent the questionnaires and 74 (40 male and 34 female) of them responded. The surgical correction was performed at a medium age of 11,84±1,65 years. When the Oxford Ankle Foot Que

SUBMITTER: Dibello D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9894385 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature