Nine patients with myelomeningocele (seventeen involved feet) had
talectomy for the correction of equinovarus deformity. The age at surgery
ranged from one year and eight months to seven years and four months old.
The length of follow-up averaged seven years and four months and ranged
from twenty-two months to twelve years. Fifteen feet had a good and two had
a poor correction of the deformity of the hind part of the foot, the result
being directly related to the intraoperative correction of the equinus
deformity. The correction of the fore part of the foot was rated as good in
eight, fair in one, and poor in eight feet. Residual deformity of the fore
part of the foot compromised the functional result in six feet that had an
acceptable correction of the deformity of the hind part.