V sovremennom mire vse bol"she stanovit"sya detey stradayushchikh ploskoval"gusnoy deformatsiey stop. Po dannym VOZ (2010), vrozhdennye deformatsii stop vstrechayutsya u 21% ortopedicheskikh bol"nykh, vrozhdennoe vertikal"noe polozhenie tarannoy kosti II–III stepeni dokhodit do 40-50% ot obshchego chisla vsey vrozhdennoy patologii stopy. Vopros klassifikatsii ploskostopiya, uchityvayushchey vozrast patsienta i etiologiyu zabolevaniya stoit ostro i seychas. Ne menee ostro postavlen vopros o sozdanii optimal"nykh metodov profilaktiki, a tak zhe razlichnykh vidov lecheniya ploskoval"gusnoy deformatsii stop. Vse eto stavit problemu detskoy ploskoval"gusnoy deformatsii stop na vysokiy uroven" v sfere detskoy ortopedii.