An accelerated Ponseti versus the standard Ponseti method A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 404-408

  Harnett, P ^a   Freeman, R ^a,b   Harrison, W J ^a   Brown, L C ^a,c   Beckles, V ^a,d  

^a Beit Cure International Hospital   (Malawi)

^b ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED PONSETI METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PES EQUINOVARUS; PLASTER CAST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD PONSETI METHOD; TENOTOMY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

CASTS, SURGICAL; CLUBFOOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952274441     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B3.24450     Document Type: Article

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