Ten year challenge with Ponseti method for clubfoot: our experience

Ten year challenge with Ponseti method for clubfoot: our experience

Equino-varus-adducted-supinated, also known as clubfoot, is the most frequent congenital malformation of the foot. Scientific evidences of the last decades has definitively confirmed the efficacy of the non-invasive Ponseti Technique, which is based on manipulation, plaster casts, percutaneous achil...

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Published in:Acta bio-medica de l'Ateneo Parmense Vol. 90; no. Suppl 12; pp. 127 - 130
Main Authors: Dibello, Daniela, Colin, Giulia, Galimberti, Anna Maria Chiara, Di Carlo, Valentina
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Italy Mattioli 1885 05-12-2019
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Summary:Equino-varus-adducted-supinated, also known as clubfoot, is the most frequent congenital malformation of the foot. Scientific evidences of the last decades has definitively confirmed the efficacy of the non-invasive Ponseti Technique, which is based on manipulation, plaster casts, percutaneous achillean tenotomy and stabilization of the foot using a brace. The aim of the article is to describe the experience of our third level hospital in treating clubfoot with Ponseti Method. Our data are similar to the ones in literature, confirming the effectiveness and good reproducibility of the Method. ( www.actabiomedica.it )
ISSN:0392-4203
2531-6745
DOI:10.23750/abm.v90i12-S.8831