Endoscopic plantar fasciotomy: two portal endoscopic surgical techniques--clinical results of 65 procedures.

The authors have developed two endoscopic techniques that, in their opinion, are minimally traumatic and achieve superior clinical results when compared with traditional types of heel spur surgery. From the original development of the one-portal system for endoscopic plantar fasciotomy, a two-portal system has been developed (patent pending) that provides significant advantages over the one-portal system. Postoperative morbidity was decreased with both endoscopic techniques when compared with traditional types of open heel spur surgery. Both groups of patients returned to normal activity sooner than would patients who have had their heel spur syndrome/plantar fasciitis treated with open, traditional surgery.