Gustavo Araujo Nunes, Kepler Alencar Mendes de Carvalho, Eli Schmidt, Ki Chun Kim, Tommaso Forin Valvecchi, Nacime Salomão Barbachan Mansur, Roberto Zambelli, Cesar de Cesar Netto
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Abstract
Background: The Zadek osteotomy modified by Taylor (ZO) is a surgical technique used to treat insertional Achilles tendinopathy (IAT) by reducing the heel's prominence and elevating the Achilles tendon insertion. This study aims to analyze the biomechanical consequences of IAT after ZO using a virtual surgical simulation with a specific software.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of 20 wtbearing computed tomography (WBCT) scans of IAT patients was conducted. Using Disior's BonelogicTM software, 3D models were created from WBCT images. Virtual ZO was performed on these models, and various biomechanical parameters were measured before and after the virtual osteotomy.
Results: The virtual ZO showed significant statistical differences in the average of the calcaneal length (p < 0.001), Fowler Philips angle (p < 0.001), calcaneal pitch (p < 0.001), and the sagittal talocalcaneal angle (p < 0.001).
Conclusions: The virtual ZO analysis suggests that this procedure can decrease the Fowler Philips angle, shorten the calcaneus, modifying specifically the sagittal alignment.
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Foot and Ankle Surgery is essential reading for everyone interested in the foot and ankle and its disorders. The approach is broad and includes all aspects of the subject from basic science to clinical management. Problems of both children and adults are included, as is trauma and chronic disease. Foot and Ankle Surgery is the official journal of European Foot and Ankle Society.
The aims of this journal are to promote the art and science of ankle and foot surgery, to publish peer-reviewed research articles, to provide regular reviews by acknowledged experts on common problems, and to provide a forum for discussion with letters to the Editors. Reviews of books are also published. Papers are invited for possible publication in Foot and Ankle Surgery on the understanding that the material has not been published elsewhere or accepted for publication in another journal and does not infringe prior copyright.