The foot external rotation above-knee (FERAK) brace versus the Denis Browne brace for management of idiopathic clubfoot following Ponseti casting: a randomized controlled trial.

International Orthopaedics
Mohamed HegazyAhmed Afifi

Abstract

To compare the foot external rotation above-knee (FERAK) brace and the Denis Browne boot (DBB) brace in terms of relapse prevention and parents' compliance after successful correction with Ponseti casting. A single-centre, randomized controlled study was conducted between 2016 and 2020. A total of 60 feet in 38 patients with idiopathic clubfoot initially corrected with the Ponseti method were included. They were randomized into two equal groups: the FERAK group and the DBB group. The primary outcome was the efficacy in maintaining correction measured by the Pirani score. The secondary outcomes were parents' compliance and complications (e.g., relapses, skin complications). The follow-up period was 24 months for each patient. The mean final Pirani score was 0.42 ± 0.76 in the FERAK group and 0.57 ± 0.82 in the DBB group. This difference was statistically insignificant (p-value = 0.411). Regarding parents' compliance in the FERAK group, 86.7% of parents had good and intermediate compliance while 13.3% had bad compliance. In the DBB group, 66.7% had good and intermediate compliance while 33.3% had bad compliance. This difference was also statistically insignificant (p-value = 0.118). Both braces achieved good comparable outcomes a...Continue Reading

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