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      <Title language="en">Treatment of adult acquired flatfoot with medializing calcaneus osteotomy &#177; FDL transfer: A comparative prospective study of the human allogeneic cortical bone screw with the Metal&#47;Biotenodesis screw</Title>
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      <MainHeadline>Text</MainHeadline><Pgraph><Mark1>Objectives and questions: </Mark1>Adult acquired flatfoot deformity is characterized by medial rotation and plantar flexion of the talus, eversion of the calcaneus, collapsed medial arch and abduction of the forefoot and occurs in 5&#8211;37&#37; of the population. A stage-II flexible flatfoot can be treated with a medializing calcaneal osteotomy and a transfer of the flexor digitorum longus(FDL) tendon. This is currently performed using a Metal&#47;Biotenodesis screw. The human allogenic cortical bone screw is an alternative and forms a solid bony unit immediately after implantation, which is remodeled into the patient&#8217;s own trabecular bone. </Pgraph><Pgraph>The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome after medializing calcaneal osteotomy(&#177;FDL-transfer) with the human allogeneic cortical bone screw in comparison to the Metal&#47;Biotenodesis-screws.</Pgraph><Pgraph><Mark1>Material and methods: </Mark1>Forty-eight patients were treated with medializing calcaneal osteotomy(&#177;FDL-transfer). They were divided into 2 cohorts one being treated with the human allogeneic cortical bone screw, the other with the Metal&#47;Biotenodesis-screw. Patient Related Radiological (time-to-union) and Patient-Related Outcome Measures(PROMS) were recorded for at up to 24 months: American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Outcome Score(AOFAS), Foot and Ankle Outcome Score(FAOS), Foot Function Index(FFI) and VAS-Pain Score(VAS). Follow-up-visits were performed at 6 weeks, 6, 12 and 24 months.</Pgraph><Pgraph><Mark1>Results: </Mark1>Complete union was recorded after 3.6 months and 4.5 months for the human allogeneic cortical  bone screw (Figure 1 <ImgLink imgNo="1" imgType="figure" />) and Metal&#47;Biotenodesis group, respectively. PROM&#8217;s of 27 patients after 1-year and 11 patients after 2-years are shown in the Table 1 <ImgLink imgNo="1" imgType="table" />. For both groups, the PROM&#8217;s improved. Table 1 <ImgLink imgNo="1" imgType="table" /> shows that the allogeneic bone screw group tend to achieve better results earlier, for all PROM&#8217;s. A total of 11 implant removals (33&#37;) were performed in the Metal&#47;Biotenodesis group.</Pgraph><Pgraph><Mark1>Discussion and conclusions: </Mark1>Both methods led to similar clinical and radiologic outcomes. However patients in the cortical bone screw group tend to recover faster and do not need a second operation for metal removal. One characteristic of the allogeneic cortical bone screw is its inherent biocompatibility which might be an additional advantage in the process of bone healing.</Pgraph></TextBlock>
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