![]() ![]() What to expect immediately afterwards in hospital Sometimes an added operation is done on the middle of the foot to put a small plate on the top of the foot to increase the arch of the foot, but if needed your surgeon will explain this to you beforehand. To place the screw a small incision is made on the back of the heel and another incision is made on the outside of the heel bone to reposition the heel bone. By repositioning the heel bone it helps improve the support to the arch of your foot. This is a purposely-made cut in the heel bone (osteotomy), to allow us to reposition the heel bone slightly and fix with a metal screw. To assist the newly transferred tendon we routinely perform one other operation called a calcaneal osteotomy. The procedure involves removing the painful damaged tendon on the instep and substituting it with a tendon close-by called the FDL (flexor digitorum longus) tendon. The operation in general will involve 3 incisions on the foot. The operation is done under a general anaesthesia and an added injection in the leg to numb the foot for after surgery. ![]() Generally 1 night hospital stay is required. Flat Foot Reconstruction Surgery How is the surgery carried out? ![]()
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