Abstract
Arthroereisis is an operation to prevent abnormal pronation in the subtalar joint
in children and adults with symptomatic flexible flatfeet. In the present report,
we describe an uncommon late complication of a former variation of this procedure,
namely the case of an adult male who experienced migration of a xenogeneic bone graft
that had been implanted 55 years earlier. A thorough review of the existing data was
also undertaken to better understand the complications of this procedure.
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Published online: September 28, 2011
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© 2012 American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
