A treatise on orthopedic surgery . Talipes equinovarus in adolescence, ap-parently of the acquired form, showing thedisplacement of the astragalus and its re-lation to the scaphoid, also the atrophyand distortion of the bones of the leg. DEFOBMITIES OF THE FOOT. 799 terior extremity is flattened out to the shape of a wedge. Thus,the leg bones appear to be displaced backward, a change mostapparent in the position of the external malleolus. The bonesof the foot are more or less atrophied, and the normal area Fig. 529. Fig. Talipes tendons on the front of the foot. Showing t
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . Talipes equinovarus in adolescence, ap-parently of the acquired form, showing thedisplacement of the astragalus and its re-lation to the scaphoid, also the atrophyand distortion of the bones of the leg. DEFOBMITIES OF THE FOOT. 799 terior extremity is flattened out to the shape of a wedge. Thus,the leg bones appear to be displaced backward, a change mostapparent in the position of the external malleolus. The bonesof the foot are more or less atrophied, and the normal area Fig. 529. Fig. Talipes tendons on the front of the foot. Showing the tendons in the sole of the foot and the extreme displacementof the OS calcis. of cartilage has, to a great extent, disappeared from the articularsurfaces of the disused joints. In these neglected cases the foot is practically a simple rigidsupport, to which the patient has been so long accustomed thathe may walk with comparative ease and with no discomfortother than that caused by the corns and bunions at the pressurepoints. Sjmaptoms.—The symptoms of congenital club-foot have been, 800 OBTHOPEDIC SUBGEBY. to all intents, included in the description of the deformity. Thefunctional disability is, of course, considerable, although somepatients are surprisingly active and are able to walk long dis-tances. As the discomfort from club-foot is due almost entirelyto the corns or inflamed bursse over the bony prominences, itsdegree depends, of course, upon the use to which the foot issubjected. Treatment.—In considering
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