Appraisal of outcomes of the treatment of equinus-cavus-varus deformities of the foot in adults
Kuz'min, V.I.
Ortopediia Travmatologiia i Protezirovanie 9: 32-35
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-5987 PMID: 1780141 Document Number: 378358
There is presented the experience of treatment of 81 patients with equinus-cavus-varus deformation of 102 feet of different etiology by means of closed application of Volkov-Oganesyan-Povarov's hinged-distraction apparatus to restore the form and function of foot and talocrural articulation. For impartial assessment of the outcomes of treatment there has been developed and applied the scheme of multimark grading system of clinico-functional state of feet. The grade of the foot form and function restoration is appraised by 15 indices in comparison with the same in normal state. The sum of marks equals to 100 in case of optimum outcome. In accordance with the developed scheme there have been appraised 54 feet with the sum of marks obtained from 45 to 91 and their statistic reliability. The proposed scheme allows to make an impartial assessment of the outcomes of treatment of the equinus-cavus-varus deformation of feet and can be applied in practical institutions.