[Value of stabilization of the tarsus in certain pseudo-vascular predominantly anterolateral leg pains]

The authors have studied 18 cases of patients presenting podiatric disorders as well as a moderate varicose or lymphatic involvement. The functional symptomatology, dominated by antero-lateral leg pain, was important enough to disturb professional or leisure activities. By preferring the study of walking abnormalities (varus effect, dominant varus or equal varus-valgus instability) and the search for an elective involvement of the lateral peroneus brevis, an accurate podiatric diagnosis was made along with its ensuing therapy: adequate fitting of shoes and prescription of well adjusted ortheses which correct a dynamic hollow foot. With this treatment, the functional disorders were regularly improved or they disappeared. This result could not have been obtained by treating only the vascular impairment, which was treated conjointly in function of its own indications which do not appear to be modified by the podiatric evaluation.