Treatment of idiopathic congenital clubfoot using the Ponseti method: ten years of experience
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Treatment of congenital clubfoot using Ponseti method☆
OBJECTIVE To quantitatively and qualitatively analyze the results from treatment of congenital clubfoot with a mean follow-up of 4.6 years. METHODS 26 patients who underwent treatment by means of the Ponseti method were analyzed (total of 39 feet). The mean age at the start of the treatment was 5.65 months. The mean length of the follow-up subsequent to tenotomy of the Achilles tendon was 4.6...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (English Edition)
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2255-4971
DOI: 10.1016/j.rboe.2013.01.001