Endoscopic Calcaneoplasty with Ultrasonic Bone Cutting Assisted for Haglund’s Syndrome
Chatchavan Charoenthamruksa MD*, Suphakij Phimolthares MD*, Pichaya Petborom MD**
Affiliation : * Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand ** Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand
The authors report a case of a 32-year-old male presented with right heel pain for two years. He was diagnosed with retrocalcaneal bursitis and Haglund’s deformity, known as Haglund’s syndrome, and failed conservative treatment. The present showed a surgical technique for endoscopic calcaneoplasty that is minimally invasive for resecting inflamed retrocalcaneal bursa and posterosuperior part of calcaneus with ultrasonic bone cutting instrument assisted to remove bone that is closed to Achilles tendon because blunt ultrasonic blade that oscillates at over 22,500 cycles/s with an slight microscopic amplitude can cut bone accurately while preserving adjacent soft tissues. The patient had excellent results and completed postoperative program satisfactorily.
Keywords : Haglund’s deformity, Haglund’s syndrome, Retrocalcaneal bursitis, Posterosuperior calcaneal prominence, Endoscopic calcaneoplasty
