Objective analysis of intermediate-term outcome of the Ponseti technique: a review of the experience from Los Angeles.

ABSTRACT: The Ponseti method of manipulative treatment for clubfoot deformity became widely adopted by pediatric orthopaedic surgeons beginning in the mid-1990s. The technique allows correction of most idiopathic clubfeet using gentle manipulation and cast application. The treatment represents a marked advance over past efforts to gain correction of the foot through extensive release surgery. In 2006, we began a Clubfoot Clinic at the Orthopaedic Institute for Children in Los Angeles, California dedicated to managing clubfoot patients using Ponseti's method. An IRB-approved database of patient-related, treatment related, and demographic variables was assembled and used to ascertain the outcome of treatment as well as to address parental questions regarding certain aspects of treatment. Here, we pres

SUBMITTER: Zionts LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8339808 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature