Talipes equinovarus is one of the more common congenital abnormalities affecting the lower limb and can be challenging to manage. This review provides a comprehensive update on idiopathic congenital talipes equinovarus with emphasis on the initial treatment. Current management is moving away from operative towards a more conservative treatment using the Ponseti regime. The long-term results of ...

Clubfoot is a complex foot malformation that occurs separately from other bone and joint malformations. Beginning with the year 2003, the team of the Department of Pediatric Orthopedics of the Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital Cluj-Napoca was the first to have applied the Ponseti method in our country for the treatment of clubfoot. In the period 2011-2013, 51 children passed the inclusion criter...

We assessed whether there is a recognisable pattern of facial morphology in photographs of a series of 62 children with idiopathic congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV). Photographs were scored for a number of facial characteristics by a research team comprising orthopaedic surgeons and clinical geneticists, to identify a subgroup of children with idiopathic CTEV, who shared characteristic faci...

Introduction; Treatment of club foot is still a clinical challenge. The literature on clubfoot as a general rule, that of unvarying success. The increased failure rates among conservative management has lead to various surgical interventions. A recent study of clubfoot surgeries have come up with a high proportion of unsatisfactory results. The work of Illizarov showed encouraging results witho...

Figure 1: Cast testing device set-up Table 1: Mean rate of change of angular displacement per interval. Figure 2: Mean angular displacement of three cast materials under the low torque. Towards Better Control of Clubfoot Correction +Cohen, T L; Smith, P; Altiok, H; Harris, G F +OREC, Milwaukee, WI, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, Shriners Hospital for ...

BACKGROUND Congenital clubfoot deformity can cause significant disability, and if left untreated, may further impoverish those in developing countries, like Bangladesh. The Ponseti method has been strategically introduced in Bangladesh by a nongovernment organization, Walk For Life (WFL). WFL has provided free treatment for over 8000 Bangladeshi children with clubfeet, sustained by local owners...

The role of major gene and multifactorial inheritance in the aetiology of club foot in the New Zealand Polynesian population was studied using 287 New Zealand Maori and Pacific club foot families. The club foot family data were analysed by complex segregation analysis under the mixed model using the computer program POINTER. This analysis shows that the best genetic model for club foot in this ...

This study looks at the changing incidence and aetiology of congenital talipes equinovarus due to the recent population changes within the area. Between 1st June 1992 and the 31st May 2006, 83 consecutive children (121 feet) born with fixed talipes equinovarus (TEV) were assessed and treated (an incidence of 1.6 per 1000 live births) in an observational longitudinal cohort study assessing assoc...

Background The Ponseti method of managing clubfoot was introduced in Zimbabwe in 2011. This followed massive training of health workers such as medical rehabilitation practitioners through a programme called the Zimbabwe Sustainable Clubfoot Programme. Today, the Ponseti method is the technique of choice for managing clubfoot in hospitals. However, since then, there is no published evidence doc...

- A delegation of 6 pediatric orthopedic surgeons from the Dutch Orthopedic Association (NOV) and 2 members of the board of the Dutch Parents' Association for children with clubfoot created the guideline "The diagnosis and treatment of primary idiopathic clubfeet" between April 2011 and February 2014. The development of the guideline was supported by a professional methodologist from the Dutch ...