Treatment of idopathic club foot using the ponseti method: Initial experience

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1385-1387

  Changulani, M ^a   Garg, N K ^b   Rajagopal, T S ^c   Bass, A ^b   Nayagam, S N ^b   Sampath, J ^b   Bruce, C E ^b  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLUBFOOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT ORTHOSIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENOTOMY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREATMENT FAILURE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; SPLINT; TENDON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASTS, SURGICAL; CLUBFOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SPLINTS; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750302366     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B10.17578     Document Type: Article

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