MIMCO - Minimally Invasive Medialising Calcaneal Osteotomy
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This thing gives us quality sleep!
“What keeps an average Joe awake all night? “I asked my 3-year-old.
“Monster in the closet...” she replied, with an audible gasp.
“What keeps you awake?” questioned back my curious kid
Well, Wound breakdown, neurovascular compromise, infection, and exposed implants were the ones that stalled my mind.
What if all these come in a single compact package??
*Drum roll* *curtains up*
TA-DA… *a calcaneum gingerly walks to the stage and bows*
Yes, we all know the calcaneus carries an astounding number for the wound complications leading to infection, etc. And it’s not uncommon that we face a dilemma if we can get away without doing an osteotomy when it is actually needed.
As always with necessity, comes invention.
Yep, you guessed it, our good old friend MIS with the ever so fancy new name MIMCO - Minimally invasive medialising calcaneal osteotomy. Excellent techniques are available with Shannon Burrs – end and side cutting burrs. And when paired with low speed, high torque, pencil grip setup everyone is an artist during calcaneal osteotomy.
This is no slouch when you compare it with the traditional number. Check out the study by Kendal et al on MIMCO.
