J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1981 Mar;16(1):113-120. 10.4055/jkoa.1981.16.1.113.

Posteromedial Release in Infancy for Resistant Congenital Clubfoot

• Lee SH
• Song YH
• Kim BK
• Chung IH

• KMID: 2450594
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1981.16.1.113

Abstract

Ten feet from 6 idiopathic congenltal clubfoot patients which had failed to respond to conservative mearsured were treated by aggreasive posteromedial release during infancy with generally good results. A modltication of Denis-Browne splint by splitting both aides and using dial lock to hold the foot still ln correeted position was found quite useful for post-operative maintenance.

Keyword

Resistant congenital clubfoot; Posteromedial release in infancy; A new splint

MeSH Terms

Clubfoot*
Foot
Humans
Splints