THE CURRENT STATE OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PLANOVALGUS FEET DEFORMITY IN CHILDREN
Currently, there is a tendency towards an increase of the patients with the congenital condition of the musculoskeletal system, among which paralytic planovalgus feet deformity (PFD) is not at the last place. This condition leads to severe disablement even in childhood due to rapid progression and impairment of the locomotor function of the lower limbs. However, questions of early diagnostics, selection of the method of surgical intervention and implanted material used for correction of PFD remain open-ended. In this regard, a solution of the problem of treatment of the PFD deformity is challenging at the current stage of development of the domestic and foreign paediatric orthopaedics. This review elucidates questions of the etiopathogenesis of PFD, anatomical basis of this condition, methods of conservative and surgical treatment, as well as features of the materials used in surgical correction of PFD. Main disadvantages, complications, and limitations for application in different surgical methods are stated; and this specifies the need to find out new original methods of surgical intervention in PFD.