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...

INTRODUCTION Congenital peripheral constriction ring originating from soft tissues of the leg that is characterized with compression in the soft tissue usually involving the deep fascia surrounding the leg at the time of birth is occasionally observed in lower extremity. At the region of the constriction, fractures of tibia and fibula and foot deformities like clubfoot can be observed. CASE P...

BACKGROUND Since December 2011, a non-governmental organization (NGO) has been associated with our clubfoot clinic. Debates related to the effectiveness of NGOs in clinical milieu have raged on for a long time. The aim of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of an NGO in supporting the running of a clubfoot clinic in a tertiary care center. METHODS A descriptive, observational study wa...

BACKGROUND As one of the most common congenital deformities in children, clubfoot has long been a challenge for orthopedic surgeons. This paper describes the experience of our team with manipulation and above-the-knee brace fixation without percutaneous Achilles tenotomy for the treatment of clubfoot in newborns and infants. METHODS In the orthopedic department of our hospital, 32 infants and...

BACKGROUND To study motor ability at seven years of age in children treated for idiopathic clubfoot and its relation to clubfoot laterality, foot status and the amount of surgery performed. METHODS Twenty children (mean age 7.5 years, SD 3.2 months) from a consecutive birth cohort from our hospital catchments area (300.000 inhabitants from southern Sweden) were assessed with the Movement Asse...

Treatment of the congenital clubfoot (CCF) starts its development in the early 20 century and is still continuing today. Surgical techniques provide functional and radiographic data, but the subsequent later data of poor function and recurrence of deformity gave grounds the overall therapeutic process to be reconsidered in the middle of the last century. There are two methods that are generally...

BACKGROUND Myelomeningocele is a common birth defect that is often accompanied by clubfoot deformity. Treatment of clubfoot associated with myelomeningocele traditionally has consisted of extensive soft-tissue release operations, which are associated with many complications. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the early results of the Ponseti method for the treatment of clubfoot as...

Absent posterior tibial artery associated with idiopathic clubfoot: A report of two cases.