The Ponseti method for the treatment of congenital club foot: Review of the current literature and treatment recommendations

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1747-1753

  Radler, Christof ^a  

^a ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL SPEISING   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abduction bracing; Club foot casting; Congenital club foot; Foot abduction brace; Manipulation; Ponseti treatment; Tibialis tendon transfer

Indexed keywords

BRACE; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLUBFOOT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS ACHILLES TENOTOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PONSETI METHOD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP; TENOTOMY;

ACHILLES TENDON; BRACES; CASTS, SURGICAL; CLUBFOOT; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENOTOMY;

EID: 84884596886     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-013-2031-1     Document Type: Review

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