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How to approach the pediatric flatfoot
Ettore Vulcano, Camilla Maccario, Mark S Myerson, Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction at Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21202, United States
Author contributions: Vulcano E, Maccario C and Myerson MS contributed equally to this work.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors and their immediate family declare no conflict of interest.
Correspondence to: Ettore Vulcano, MD, Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction at Mercy Medical Center, 301 Saint Paul Place, Baltimore, MD 21202, United States. ettorevulcano@hotmail.com
Telephone: +1-410-3329242
Received: April 7, 2015
Peer-review started: April 8, 2015
First decision: July 6, 2015
Revised: October 19, 2015
Accepted: November 3, 2015
Article in press: November 4, 2015
Published online: January 18, 2016
Processing time: 282 Days and 23.1 Hours
Peer-review started: April 8, 2015
First decision: July 6, 2015
Revised: October 19, 2015
Accepted: November 3, 2015
Article in press: November 4, 2015
Published online: January 18, 2016
Processing time: 282 Days and 23.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: This paper discusses the authors’ approach to treating the pediatric flatfoot based on the their extensive clinical and surgical experience.