[Treatment of clubfoot].
48 patients (70 club-feet) were reviewed clinically between the age of 4 and 14 years. The primary treatment had been serial plaster casts in the case of 43 feet and additional neonatal tenotomies in 27 feet. Operative treatment after the neonatal period was performed on 53 feet (75%) at a median age of ten months (2-60 months). Surgical procedures were posterior release in 29 and postero-medial release in 24 feet. Further surgery was required in the case of 18 feet. Satisfactory results (excellent and good) were obtained for 42 feet (60%), but fair results for 17 feet (24%) and poor results for 11 feet (16%). The results were significantly better when the release operation was performed before the patient was 2 years of age.
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Ortopedisk avdeling, Regionsykehuset i Trondheim.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003025:Clubfoot / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis