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Background: Historically, talectomy has been predominantly performed to operatively treat severely rigid equinovarus feet. A limited number of investigators have studied functional outcomes in pediatric patients posttalectomy. We aimed to assess the outcomes of pediatric patients undergoing talectomy using the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) score and a subjective survey of patients' and their caregivers' satisfaction., Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study that included 31 patients with nonidiopathic severely rigid talipes equinovarus, in a single center, using consecutive sampling. All medical records of those patients were reviewed, and relative data were extracted. The AOFAS score was used to measure the outcomes during the last visit (April 2020). Satisfaction was evaluated in a binary manner by questioning the patients and their caregivers if they would undergo the same surgery again for the same result., Results: Thirty-one patients were included. Myelomeningocele was the primary diagnosis in 13 patients (41.9%), and arthrogryposis was diagnosed in 11 patients (35.5%). Twenty-two patients had bilateral procedures. The mean age at the time of surgery was 6.0 ± 3.0 years, and the mean follow-up was 6.0 ± 1.0 years. Plantigrade feet following the primary surgery were achieved in 88.5% of cases. Postoperatively, braces were well tolerated in 86.5% of patients. Deformity recurrence was observed in 21.2% of patients, and 17.3% of patients required subsequent surgeries. Patients with arthrogryposis had significantly higher AOFAS scores than those with myelomeningocele and other diagnoses ( P = .017). Further, patients who tolerated braces had higher AOFAS scores than those who did not tolerate braces ( P = .006). However, patients who developed hindfoot varus and dorsal bunion postoperatively had lower AOFAS scores ( P = .054 and P = .006, respectively). Patients who had recurrent deformities or required further surgeries also had lower AOFAS scores ( P = .025 and P = .015, respectively). Although 17.3% of patients were not able to comment about their satisfaction due to their general medical condition, 63.5% of patients reported that they were satisfied. Furthermore, 75.0% of caregivers were satisfied with the outcomes and their children's functional status posttalectomy., Conclusion: The observed outcomes of primary and salvage talectomies demonstrate the general overall effectiveness of this operative intervention as an end-stage treatment for pediatric patients with severely rigid talipes equinovarus., Level of Evidence: Level III; retrospective cohort study.

Background: Pericapsular acetabuloplasty procedures have been widely used as an integral component of combined surgery to treat developmental hip dislocation after walking age. The stability of the acetabuloplasty and the maintenance of the acetabular correction will depend on the structural integrity of the iliac crest autograft, which, traditionally, has been inserted as the interposition material. Problems related to the use of an autograft have been encountered by various surgeons-including the authors-namely, graft displacement and resorption, which may necessitate internal fixation or result in revision surgery. To overcome autograft failure, the use of an allograft as the interposition material has been introduced by some surgeons. This study describes the radiologic results of 147 hips treated for developmental hip dislocation by means of a standard protocol of open hip reduction and pericapsular acetabuloplasty with a contoured iliac crest allograft as the interposition material., Methods: This retrospective study reviewed the radiographs of 147 hips presenting with late developmental dislocation which were treated by open reduction and a concomitant pericapsular acetabuloplasty using a contoured iliac crest allograft as the interposition material. The minimum follow up period was 2 years. Measurement of the acetabular index (AI) was the main variable. The efficacy of the interposed iliac crest allograft as the main stabiliser of the acetabuloplasty was reflected by the maintenance of the corrected AI during the follow up period. Loss of acetabular correction, graft extrusion or resorption, the need for osteotomy internal fixation, delayed or non union, infection, hip redislocation and avascular necrosis (AVN) as possible complications were documented., Results: The treatment protocol of a combined open reduction of the hip and pericapsular acetabuloplasty, inserting a contoured iliac crest allograft as the interposition material, resulted in concentrically reduced and stable hips in 96.6% of our cases. The redislocation rate was 3.4%. All of the allografts were completely incorporated at 6 months post-surgery with no graft-related infections. In only two hips was the acetabular correction not maintained. None of the osteotomies required internal fixation for stability, even in older children., Conclusion: We believe that a contoured iliac crest allograft as the pericapsular acetabuloplasty interposition material renders excellent osteotomy stability that eliminates the need for internal fixation and-in the short-term-maintains the correction of the acetabulum achieved intra-operatively.