The Ponseti method for treatment of congenital club foot

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-25

  Scher, David M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Casting; Club foot; Manipulation; Ponseti

Indexed keywords

CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUBFOOT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PONSETI METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRACE; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTER CAST;

BRACES; CASTS, SURGICAL; CLUBFOOT; HUMANS; INFANT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646915690     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000192520.48411.fa     Document Type: Review

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