Is Rocker Bottom Reconstruction A Viable Option For Limb Preservation?

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Here is a preoperative view of an ulcer secondary to a rocker bottom foot.
Here is a view of the same foot after surgeons performed an excision with a midfoot osteotomy.
One can now see a stable, braceable and functional foot with intact integument.
Here is a preoperative view of an ulceration secondary to a rocker bottom foot.
Here is a view of the same foot after a midfoot osteotomy with rotational flap coverage.
After surgeons utilized external fixation to protect flap closure, one can now see a stable, braceable and functional foot with intact integument.
Is Rocker Bottom Reconstruction A Viable Option For Limb Preservation?
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Author(s): 
By Scott Neville, DPM, Peter Blume, DPM, and Jonathan Key, DPM

Dr. Blume is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at the Yale School of Medicine. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, and is the Director of Limb Preservation at the Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Conn.

Dr. Key is an Associate of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. He is in private practice with Affiliated Foot Surgeons and is an Attending Podiatrist at Yale New Haven Hospital, and the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven, Conn.

Dr. Neville is a resident in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation within the Section of Podiatry at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Conn.

Dr. Steinberg is a faculty member of the Department of Surgery at the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C.




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