Clubfeet with rigid equinus, severe plantarflexion of all the metatarsals, a transverse crease in sole foot, short and hyperextended great toe, forefoot adduction supination deep posterior are categorized under heading complex clubfeet, which do not respond to conventional Ponseti technique. Rather treatment such feet method results development secondary deformities thus failure treatment. Henc...

BACKGROUND The Ponseti method of manipulation is widely used in the treatment of clubfoot. Monitoring of correction is usually based on clinical judgment, and there is a need for an objective method of evaluation. The small bones of the newborn foot are essentially cartilaginous and can be visualized well on sonography as against radiographs. METHODS A prospective study was conducted on 32 cl...

Introduction Ponseti method has become the main treatment modality for the management of clubfoot producing good long-term results. However, variation in cast application post tenotomy has not been evaluated. Methods A prospective cohort study involving 40 patients with 67 clubfeet were randomized into two groups: 32 above knee cast (AKC) and 35 below knee cast (BKC) after percutaneous tenoto...

Ponseti clubfoot treatment has become more popular during the last decade because of its high initial correction rate. But the most common problem affecting the long-term successful outcome is relapse of the deformity. Non-compliance with Ponseti brace protocol is a major problem associated with relapse. Although more comfortable braces have been reported to improve the compliance, they all hav...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of the Ponseti technique in the treatment of clubfoot in Saudi children. METHODS The data of 175 patients (235 feet), who presented with clubfeet from September 2002 to June 2008 and who were treated with the Ponseti technique at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were collected and studied retrospectively. The Pirani score for...

Methods: Thirty-five patients (sixty clubfeet) in whom idiopathic clubfoot was treated with the Ponseti method from 1950 to 1967 were followed. At an average age of forty-seven years (range, thirty-seven to fifty-five years), the patients underwent a detailed musculoskeletal examination, radiographic evaluation, pedobarographic analysis, and surface electromyography (EMG). They also completed t...