Early experience with the Ponseti method for the treatment of congenital idiopathic clubfoot

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 307-310

  Segev, Eitan ^a,b   Keret, David ^a,b   Lokiec, Franklin ^a,b   Yavor, Ariella ^a,b   Wientroub, Shlomo ^a,b   Ezra, Elias ^a,b   Hayek, Shlomo ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clubfoot; Congenital; Conservative treatment; Idiopathic; Ponseti

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLUBFOOT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENOTOMY;

ACHILLES TENDON; CASTS, SURGICAL; CLUBFOOT; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18744412966     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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