title: Below-knee plaster cast for the treatment of metatarsus adductus.
abstract: Sixty-five infants with moderate (37 feet) or severe (48 feet) inflexible metatarsus adductus were treated with a below-knee plaster cast. The deformity was corrected in 6-8 weeks in all cases. At the 2- to 6-year follow-up (mean, 4 years), the correction was maintained in all children who had had a moderate deformity; of the 44 feet with severe deformity that were available for examination, six now had a moderate deformity, and one a severe deformity. All forefeet were flexible, and further treatment was unnecessary. Our results are similar to those for above-knee plaster casts. We conclude that a below-knee plaster cast is effective in the treatment of metatarsus adductus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soudry
mesh_terms: D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005260:Female; D005532:Foot Deformities, Congenital / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D008682:Metatarsal Bones / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome