title: Pulsed color-flow Doppler analysis of arterial deficiency in idiopathic clubfoot.
abstract: This prospective study used pulsed color-flow Doppler sonography to determine differences in the presence and direction of flow through the dorsalis pedis, posterior tibial, and peroneal arteries in a group of children with clubfoot and a comparison group of controls. There was a statistically significant difference in the prevalence of deficient (absent or retrograde flow) dorsalis pedis arteries in children with clubfoot (45%) compared with controls (8%). This indicates that there is an association between some clubfeet and deficiency of the dorsalis pedis artery. There was a trend toward difference in the prevalence of deficiency of the dorsalis pedis artery in the clubfeet that required surgery (54%) compared with those that did not (20%), suggesting that dorsalis pedis artery deficiency may be more prevalent among clubfeet with greater deformity.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of the State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA. Katzdortho@aol.com
authors.forename: Danielle A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Eileen L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Albanese
authors.forename: E Mark
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Levinsohn
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hootnick
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Packard
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Albanese
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003025:Clubfoot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011336:Probability; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012016:Reference Values; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016909:Tibial Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color