The 'Hybrid method' for the treatment of congenital clubfoot.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The hybrid method combines the advantages of the Ponseti technique and of the French Physical Therapy method. The main goal of this study is to present our results on 139 consecutive newborns with clubfoot (n=212 feet) treated at our Institution with the hybrid method.

Methods

From May 2010 until August 2020, 139 consecutive newborns with congenital clubfoot (66 unilateral; 73 bilateral) were treated by the hybrid method protocol and were retrospectively reviewed. All patients were admitted via the maternity ward with their family and personal history records, i.e., parental age, parity, gender, birth weight, involved side and presence/absence of associated medical conditions. At birth, all clubfeet were graded in ascending order of severity according to Dimeglio

SUBMITTER: Canavese F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8339846 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature