BACKGROUND Optimal management of congenital talipes equinovarus continues to be controversial. There is a dramatically renewed emphasis on non-operative management partly because there has been a high recurrence rate among operated feet. Our hypothesis is that early, extensive subtalar ligament release as the cornerstone of aggressive hindfoot realignment prevents recurrence and retains mobilit...

Case presentation: Patient was the first child of non-consanguineous parents whose father healthy, but mother had mild intellectual deficiency and spastic paraparethic gait that been attributed to cerebral palsy. At birth he presented congenital talipes equinovarus. He began crawl at 1yo never able walk independently despite orthopedic feet correction. 1yo, leukocoria in left eye noticed. Bilat...

familial adenomatous polyposis (fap) is a hereditary autosomal dominant cancer syndrome, results from germ line mutation or deletion of the adenomatous polyposis coli (apc) gene on chromosome 5q21. patients with fap suffer from multiple polyps mainly at the colorectal region as well as other parts of the gastrointestinal tract, which has propensity to transform into carcinoma. fap has also been...