Clubfoot Infants Initially Thought to be Idiopathic, But Later Found Not to Be. How do They do With Nonoperative Treatment?

Conclusions: For infants with clubfeet who were initially thought to be idiopathic, nearly 9% were later found to have a complicating disorder. Despite this, these patients’ clubfeet can be expected to respond favorably to nonoperative treatment. However, they will require more surgical intervention early (by age 2 years) and later (age, 5 years and above) when compared with normal infants with idiopathic clubfeet. Level of Evidence: Level IV—therapeutic, case series.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Foot & Ankle Source Type: research