This work aims to evaluate the role of open surgical procedures in the management of complex foot and ankle deformities of different aetiologies.
This study is analytic cross section study. It is combined retrospective and prospective study. The retrospective part (group I: 62 feet) includes the patients who were operated in the period between 2008- 2009. The prospective part (group II: 11 feet) includes the patients who were operated in 2010. All cases were operated in at Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.