6th June - pes cavus

Venue - Wythenshawe starting 2pm

Leader - Mr N Kurdy

Topic - pes cavus

Aiming to cover

  • what is pes cavus
  • aetiology and pathogenesis
  • clinical assessment and imaging
  • surgical and non-surgical management

Pes cavus is a complex deformity that makes a great exam short case. You need to know how to examine a patient with pes cavus!

Further reading

Louise Crawford has completely revised the cavus chapter in the Hyperbook, but I am struggling to find time to transfer all the diagrams. I think these are really important as cavus is a bit difficult to understand without pictures (at least I find it so), but in the first instance I’ve updated the text and will then put the diagrams in over the next few weeks. Sorry about the inconvenience but thanks to Louise without whom the revision might not have happened for months.

Sammarco GJ, Taylor R. Cavovarus foot treated with combined calcaneus and metatarsal osteotomies. Foot Ankle International 2001; 22:19-30

Breusch SJ et al. Function after correction of a clawed great toe by a modified Robert Jones transfer. JBJS 2000; 82B:250-4

If you can get a hold of a copy, Foot and Ankle Clinics vol 5 part 2 has a symposium on neurological foot deformities