Surgical treatment of the adult acquired flexible flatfoot


Published online: Jun 27 2015

Lise VAN GESTEL, Saskia VAN BOUWEL, Johan SOMVILLE

From the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium

Abstract

In this review article, the authors give an overview of the currently available soft tissue and bony procedures in the treatment of the adult acquired flexible flatfoot. Instead of starting from the classification for posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, described by Johnson and Storm, the authors address the flatfoot from a more anatomical point of view. Based on this, they will try to define a treatment algorithm.