Managing the Complex Cavus Foot Deformity

This article describes approaches to and the management of complex cavus foot deformities. Correction of rigid multiplanar deformities can be very challenging, given the presence of skeletal deformities in multiple planes and combined with a varying degree of muscle imbalance. The complexity of these cases always requires a case-by-case approach. Some of the cases presented here occur in patients who have previously undergone surgical management for their deformity, several of which are complicated by additional deformities. With a firm understanding and application of the principles of deformity correction, however, one may reliably offer satisfactory results.