Ultrasound evaluation of clubfoot correction during Ponseti treatment: A preliminary report

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-59

  Desai, Sameer ^a   Aroojis, Alaric ^a,b   Mehta, Rujuta ^a  

^a B J WADIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

^b TPS III   (India)

Author keywords

Clubfoot; Ponseti method; Spurious correction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PONSETI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPHOID BONE; TALUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CLUBFOOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40049100879     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/bpo.0b013e31815a60a6     Document Type: Article

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