Dear All,
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Have recently seen a nine year old boy who is suffering from Kohler's in the L foot (see attached films).
Some background -
General Health good, nil developmental issues, active child, described as an idiopathic toe walker (yet I did not see any walking as he he is now NWB with crutches). Had been having some issues with mild midfoot pain last year but they seemed to settle suddenly in May of this year "collapsed in a heap" and severe pain. Mother went ot GP who had plain films taken and then referred him to the local hospital orthopaedic section.
Intial Rx - casting and NWB for 4 weeks and follow up films.
Current Rx - NWB with crutches and pressure stocking.
I have seen him the once and was unwilling to be too hands on incase it flared things up as he is now finally pain free. I did detect marked wasting of the muscularture of the L leg which the mother is concerned with.
My current Rx plan are the following -
1. NWB exercises using a theraband of the symptomatic foot and leg to tolerance and to maintain the NWB protocol.
What I would like to hear from others their thoughts on using an ankle or BK airwalking boot with some deflection padding if required, so as to maintain mobility reduced muscle wastage and bone re-absorption.
Regards
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Thanks Kevin,
Is there a time frame for your suggestions? or it simply as the pain resolves?
In your opinion and any others reading the post is there any benefit in the material to be used in the casted orthoses i.e poly prop from 2mm to 5mm or EVA from 120 to 450?
I would most probably use 4mm polyprop with maximum navicular control deep heel cup, medial heel scive of 8 degrees, 1st ray cut out and I like the idea of the Fore Foot Valgus wedge.
Regards -
I would use a 4-5 mm polypropylene plate and rearfoot posts. I would also invert the cast 3-5 degrees, use minimal medial expansion, use a 3-4 mm medial heel skive (at a 15 degree varus angle), not use a first ray cut out, and use a forefoot valgus extension to unload the medial column.
Please let us know how the boy gets along. -
Thanks Kevin shall cerainly keep you informed of his progress.
Regards -
Dear Kevin and other interesed,
Have reviewed this patient recently he is now out of the cam walking boot and in hiking boots and moulded innersoles and pain free. Mother and ptn are very happy.
Latest plain films show bone remodelling
Thanks for the help -
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Thanks for the update. It would be interesting and very educational for the hundreds of clinicians that are following along if you could post the follow-up radiographs of this patient so we can all see the changes that occur with healing and maturation of the navicular with your excellent treatment of the patient.
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Dear Interested parties I am unable to shrink the size of the jpeg so I can attached the latest xray images of the Kohlers case,
Any ideas how to do this?? -
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eMedicine has the full text of this on Kohler Disease
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Hi
Im a prosthetics and orthotics student so please forgive my questions as they will seem rather dumb to you but I just cant seem to find the information im looking for to complete my foot orthosis!
Im slightly confused by the orthotic aims for kohler's disease!
Im assuming the aim is to shift weight bearing off the navicular. So this is achieved by supinating the foot (inversion, adduction and plantarflexion).
Im just confused because from the information ive gathered, it seems that patients are shifting their weight to the lateral border to avoid pain. So how is the orthotic any different???
Also, my lecturer asked me am I correcting the pathology or am I accommodating it? My understanding is that accommodating would be more appropriate for older patients, as opposed to children.
So basically, could someone simplify the design of the orthoses that was recommended?
eg. medial heel skive? is that like a rearfoot post where a wedge shape will be thicker at the medial border and run thinner laterally??
minimal medial expansion?
forefoot valgus extension ?
any information would be much appreciated!!!
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Althought this is an old thread, I thought I would just add a recent experience as this particular thread helped me in a case of a young (6 years old) child who recently presented to our hospital.
The young boy presented with his father following GP referral which stated nothing more than "left sided foot pain resulting in limp". His father thought he had maybe sprained somthing whilst playing football but there were no specific incidents of injury or trauma.
The examination revaled tenderness localised to the site of the navicular and the young child was thankfully able to put his finger right on the spot which hurt most. There wa no notable swelling however manipulation of the medial column was uncomfortable for the child. He didn't walk with a notable limp when I saw him but dad claimed that it became more pronounced after prolonged periods of activity.
Kohler's did spring to mind although I had not come across it before so I sent the child off for DP and lateral weightbearing x-rays (not sure if the radiographer didn't read the request or is just used to working in A&E because I got the standard A&E DP and oblique non-WB views back!).
Attached are the films from the first consultation. I put the child into a non-removable partially weightbearing cast for a period of 6 weeks after taking some casts for bespoke orthoses. I requested the devices just as described by Kevin above and these were dispensed on removal of the cast.
I reviewed the child 6-8 weeks after issuing the orthoses and was pleased to hear that the child is now pain free with mum and dad both very happy. I have included the films from this consultation which was around the 12-14 mark since the initial presentation. I am surprised to see such a notable change in such a short space of time.
Thanks for the useful information on this thread to those who have contributed, it helped me a lot in dealing with this child.
RyanAttached Files:
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Thanks for the case report and glad that our suggestions helped you with making this active boy pain free and his parents happy. Since I wrote this advice 4 years ago, I went back to read what I wrote and I just had to smile that I had written this little piece of advice:
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Just a quick update on my post above.
This young boy and his mother just called in to see me. I initially saw him approximately 10-12 months ago. He is remains completely pain free and forgets what foot even troubled him in the first place. Back to playing sports and constantly running round mad.
Nice news on an otherwise hectic Thursday.
Ryan -
I will say it once again as I did 5 years ago:
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Köhler disease: an infrequent or underdiagnosed cause of child's limping?
Santos L, Estanqueiro P, Matos G, Salgado M
Acta Reumatol Port. 2014 Nov 23
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Kohler's disease presenting as acute foot injury
Mazin Alhamdani, MD, Christopher Kelly, MD
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine; 2 August 2017
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Tarsal Navicular Osteonecrosis in Children
N K Sferopoulos
International Journal of Orthopaedics Research, 2019 Volume 2 | Issue 1 | 1 of 5
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Kohler disease: A rare under
diagnosed cause of pediatric
foot arch pain and limping
Ankit Jaiswal
Medical Science 2023; 27: e64ms2729.
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Kohler's Disease Case Report: Treatment with Regenerative
Distraction Arthroplasty Technology
Gordon Slater et al
Source
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Bilateral Kohler's Disease: A Case Report
Sanjay V. Deshpande et al
Cureus
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