treatment
Last reviewed 01/2018
Pes cavus can be managed conservatively or by surgery.
Conservative treatment:
- often no treatment is required
- special shoes may be needed for adults with a fixed deformity
Surgery:
- if the deformity is still mobile then one should consider a tendon rebalancing operation while the condition is still correctable e.g. transplanting the flexor into the extensor tendons
- if there is a fixed deformity then arthrodesing the toe joints is the only option
- any complex operations on the arch itself should be delayed until the patient is 16 years old