Background: congenital foot deformities are among the most common congenital abnormalities causing morbidities, disturbing the normal gait and affecting patients’ quality of life. The aim of our study was to find out the prevalence of such abnormalities in neonates born at a referral center in northern Iran. Methods: This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study on the neonates born in ...

Mid trimester fetal anatomy scan is a fundamental part of routine antenatal care. Some U/S soft markers or controversial U/S signs are seen during the scan and create some confusion regarding their relation to fetal chromosomal abnormalities. Example of these signs: echogenic focus in the heart, echogenic bowel, renal pyelectasis, ventriculomegaly, polydactely, club foot, choroid plexus cyst, s...

THE JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY from talectomy. Review of the literature suggests that severely deformed rigid feet in patients with various underlying conditions can be improved by this operation, especially in older children in whom soft tissue release may not work well. Although treatment has improved greatly during the past 60 years, talectomy may still have a place in the treatment o...


 Background: Tenotomy for residual equinus is commonly required in the management idiopathic club. The need to reduce complication and cost has made advancement from mini open needle tenotomy. This even more pertinent low- middle-income country where clubfoot common. study compared outcome of blade tenotomy club foot.
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Congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV) is a common and challenging musculoskeletal deformity. The prevalence in a recent, prospective national survey is 0.89 per thousand live births1 although rates of 1.242 or greater3 have been reported in the UK. Thus in a district general hospital with a catchment population of 500 000 up to ten babies with CTEV will present annually. Increasingly, the prese...

We describe three patients who developed gross calcaneus deformity following surgery for talipes equinovarus. One also had an associated valgus deformity and another had supination of the forefoot; all had intractable problems with footwear. Operation for transfer of the tibialis anterior to the heel, with correction of the associated deformities, was successful and improved both their gait and...

Correction of a relapsed clubfoot deformity by distraction with an external fixator is a recognized alternative to open surgery. Most published series report a good outcome but none are prospective observational studies using the scoring system of the International Clubfoot Study Group (ICFSG). We present a series of 9 relapsed club feet treated with closed gradual distraction using this scorin...

Dorsiflexion has been studied in three normal feet and in three feet with talipes equinovarus to determine the anatomical features which might contribute to the failure of operative treatment to correct the deformity. In the normal feet the movement of dorsiflexion was found to be essentially rotatory in nature and not simply hinging; as dorsiflexion proceeds the fibula moves forwards relative ...