Does an overcorrected clubfoot caused by surgery or by the Ponseti method behave differently?

Gait & Posture
Chakravarthy U DussaAlbert Fujak

Abstract

Overcorrection is a recognized problem following surgical treatment of congenital clubfoot. Recently this complication has also been mentioned following Ponseti treatment. Do overcorrected clubfeet (OCCF) caused by surgery behave differently from those caused by Ponseti treatment in terms of segmental motion of the feet and show differences in the severity of deformity on X-rays? Children between 7 and 12 years with OCCF were included in this study. Depending on the aetiology causing them, the feet were divided into 2 groups (Ponseti and peritalar release surgery). 25 typically developing children served as controls. All subjects were subjected to clinical and radiological examination and 3-Dimensional gait analysis using the Oxford Foot Model. Thirty-two children with OCCF, of these 18 feet in the surgical and 14 feet in the Ponseti group, were included in the study. No radiological differences were seen in the flatfoot parameters between OCCF groups except in the calcaneal inclination angle that was more pathological in the Ponseti group. The clinical ankle plantar flexion was significantly reduced in the surgical group. During walking the range motion of the hindfoot in the frontal plane was significantly reduced in surgical...Continue Reading

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