Treatment of congenital club foot with a modified Denis Browne splint.
We treated 91 congenital club feet in 59 children using a modified Denis Browne splint, and followed them for an average of 6 years and 3 months. The modified splint has an aluminium crossbar holding a pair of plastic shoe inserts moulded into corrected positions, and its use was started in children whose ages ranged from four weeks to nine months. Operation was later required in only 31 feet in 20 children. We have reviewed the other 60 feet in 39 children treated by splintage alone. All 60 feet had excellent or good function and from radiographic assessment, equinus, adduction, varus and cavus deformities had all been well corrected. Our results show that the modified splint can give good results.
Yamamoto
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
Furuya
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K
D003025:Clubfoot / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013165:Splints