title: Clinical and radiographic evaluation of the Codivilla method of surgical correction of congenital club foot. Medium-term follow-up of 235 cases.
abstract: The authors review 30 patients with congenital club foot (CCF) who were treated surgically by a slightly modified Codivilla technique. Clinical morphologic, and functional follow-up was performed an average of 10 years later, and the findings were compared to the radiographic features. The final outcome was rated good in 41% of the cases, fair in 29%, and unsatisfactory in 30%. The authors found a close correlation between the grade of the initial deformity and the final outcome. Some sign of the deformity always remained, even when the functional outcome was excellent.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica della II Facoltà dell'Università di Pavia.
authors.forename: U E
authors.initials: UE
authors.lastname: Pazzaglia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Riccardi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pedrotti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Finardi
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003025:Clubfoot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome