Affiliation:
1. The Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital, Exeter, England
Abstract
1. A long-term follow-up of eighty-four patients with talipes equinovarus is reported. 2. A detailed examination was made to ascertain the nature of the residual deformity and assess the function of the deformed foot. 3. Radiographic technique in infants and adults is described. 4. Results showed that: 1) In many cases there was a dysplasia of the whole limb. 2) The dysplasia was no more marked in the patients treated in the early 1930's by multiple forceful under anaesthetic, than in the more recent patients treated by gentler means. 3) Nearly half the cases had only a false correction of the deformity in that the foot was "broken" at the talo-navicular level, leaving the heel in inversion, although the forefoot was plantigrade. 5. The posture of patients with laterally rotated hip joints is related to the fixed inverted heel. 6. Clinical assessment correlated with radiographic appearances shows clearly the near impossibility of a good foot resulting from a false correction.
Publisher
British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
Subject
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Surgery
Cited by
114 articles.
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