title: Analytical radiography of clubfoot after tenotomy.
abstract: The study was undertaken to determine the radiographic impact of the tenotomy after the Ponseti method. We report a retrospective and prospective radiographic analysis of 37 clubfeet after the Achilles tenotomy. The talocalcaneal angle was measured on lateral and anteroposterior views; the tibiotalar and the tibiocalcaneal angles were evaluated on the lateral view. The mean age at the time the last radiographic analysis was performed was 19 months (range, 13-35 months). Both studies have the same conclusion: the Achilles tenotomy decreases the lateral tibiocalcaneal angle and increases the lateral talocalcaneal angle. Furthermore, the tenotomy effect tends to diminish with time.
  
  
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  therapeutic study, level IV.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saint-Luc University Hospital, Université catholique de Louvain, 10, avenue Hippocrate, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. digheldria@gmail.com
authors: Antoine
authors: A
authors: de Gheldere
authors: Pierre-Louis
authors: PL
authors: Docquier
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003025:Clubfoot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome