Flatfoot Surgery for Flexible Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity With Inflammatory Joint Diseases

• DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.cc.23.00673
• Publication Date: 2024-08-01T23:54:45Z
• Authors: Gensuke Okamura; Makoto Hirao; Takaaki Noguchi; Yuki Etani; Kosuke Ebina; Takuya Kurihara; Atsushi Goshima; Hideki Tsuboi; Shigeyoshi Tsuji; Kenji Takami; Seiji Okada; Jun Hashimoto
• Keywords: Foot deformity; Subtalar joint; Tarsal Joint; Foot (prosody); Pes planus; Joint disease

Case: Three cases of inflammatory joint diseases (systemic lupus erythematosus and ongoing juvenile idiopathic arthritis) with painful flexible progressive collapsing foot deformity (PCFD) underwent flatfoot surgery. All maintained sufficient radiological correction achieved good clinical condition at final follow-up. Conclusion: Although the prospect for recurrence is not clear, even in diseases, flat surgery such as flexor digitorum longs transfer, spring ligament reconstruction, lateral column lengthening could have a possibility to be indicated against PCFD, long disease activity well suppressed by drug therapy, subsequently subtalar talonavicular joints preserved.