Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 23-31, January 2006

Correction of Rockerbottom Deformity Using the Butt Frame

  • Ronald J. Belczyk, DPM

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  • Dane K. Wukich, MD

Foot and Ankle Division, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.

Rockerbottom deformities, secondary to diabetic neuropathic arthropathy, remain a complex deformity to surgically correct. These are severe deformities that involve hindfoot equinus with midtarsal dorsal dislocation. The Butt frame, a foot-specific Taylor Spatial Frame, can be employed to correct these acutely or gradually.

Keywords:  foot and ankle , TSF , Taylor Spatial Frame , Ilizarov , Paley , Charcot , rockerbottom , midfoot deformity , diabetes , neuropathic arthropathy

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PII: S1048-6666(06)00011-5

doi:10.1053/j.oto.2006.02.005

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 23-31, January 2006

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