title: Residual deformity following surgical treatment of congenital talipes equinovarus.
abstract: A study was carried out on 24 patients (36 clubfeet) surgically treated at the Orthopaedic Department National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, over a period of four and half years. Nine feet underwent posterior release, 24 feet underwent posteromedial release combined with Evan's procedure. The overall operative result was 63.3% good, 9.5% fairly and 27.2% poor. Patients who underwent surgery between 3 to 12 months showed a high percentage of good results (66.7%). Metatarsal adduction was found to be the commonest residual deformity (63.9%), followed by heel varus (11.1%), cavus (11.1%) and equinus (5.6%). Inadequacy of primary surgery and post operative period of immobilization resulted in a significant high failure rate.
authors.affiliation: Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Simbak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Razak
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003025:Clubfoot / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome