TY - JOUR
T1 - Ten year challenge with ponseti method for clubfoot
T2 - Our experience
AU - Dibello, Daniela
AU - Colin, Giulia
AU - Galimberti, Anna Maria Chiara
AU - Di Carlo, Valentina
PY - 2019/12/4
Y1 - 2019/12/4
N2 - 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).
AB - 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).
KW - Achilles tenotomy
KW - Brace
KW - Congenital clubfoot
KW - Ponseti Method
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U2 - 10.23750/abm.v90i12-S.8831
DO - 10.23750/abm.v90i12-S.8831
M3 - Article
C2 - 31821296
AN - SCOPUS:85076349890
VL - 90
SP - 127
EP - 130
JO - Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense
JF - Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense
SN - 0392-4203
ER -