Early results of the Ponseti method for the treatment of clubfoot associated with myelomeningocele

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1350-1359

  Gerlach, David J ^a   Gurnett, Christina A ^a   Limpaphayom, Noppachart ^a   Alaee, Farhang ^a   Zhang, Zhongli ^a   Porter, Kristina ^a   Kirchhofer, Melissa ^a   Smyth, Matthew D ^a   Dobbs, Matthew B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; BRACE; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PONSETI SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENOTOMY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PLASTER CAST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ACHILLES TENDON; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUBFOOT; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649890535     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00837     Document Type: Article

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