Reoperation in Treatment of Clubfoot

We evaluated 118 operations (including 57 reoperations) on clubfeet. We concluded that relapse is most often the consequence of insufficient primary surgery, and the less sufficient the intervention, the more severe the relapse or residual deformity. The severity of deformity is determined and shown...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pediatric orthopaedics 1989-03, Vol.9 (2), p.144-147
Hauptverfasser: Vizkelety, T, Szepesi, K
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We evaluated 118 operations (including 57 reoperations) on clubfeet. We concluded that relapse is most often the consequence of insufficient primary surgery, and the less sufficient the intervention, the more severe the relapse or residual deformity. The severity of deformity is determined and shown, first of all, by the position of calcaneum. In milder cases, soft tissue operation can prove useful, whereas more severe cases require bony intervention as well. The second, rarer cause of relapse was the fact that the foot was originally stiff and nonreducible. These feet may need multiple reoperations.
ISSN:0271-6798
1539-2570
DOI:10.1097/01241398-198903000-00004