Introduction
Methods
Results
Patient | Age (weeks) | Pirani score, R/L | No. of Ponseti casts | TAT | Recurrence | Follow-up (years) | Clinical outcome at final follow-up | Additional procedures | Ponseti method outcome |
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A | 20 | 3/NA | 4 | No | – | 3 | Pain-free, plantigrade foot | AFO | Satisfactory |
B | 6 | 5/NA | 8 | Yes | Yes | 6 | Pain-free, plantigrade foot | 2nd TAT | Satisfactory |
C | 3 | 5/5.5 | 10 | Yes | – | 6 | Pain-free, plantigrade feet | AFO | Satisfactory |
E | 6 | 5/5 | 10 | Yes | – | 8 | Pain-free, plantigrade feet | – | Satisfactory |
F | 2 | NA/6 | 8 | Yes | – | 5 | Pain-free, plantigrade foot | – | Satisfactory |
G | 3 | 6/6 | 9 | Yes | – | 6 | Pain-free, plantigrade feet | AFO | Satisfactory |
K | 6 | 5.5/5.5 | 8 | Yes | Yes, Bil whilst in hip spica | 8 | Pain-free, plantigrade feet | Four casts | Satisfactory |
H | 5 | 6/6 | 6 | Yes | Multiple, poor compliance | 8 | Persistent deformity | Frame | Failure |
I | 3 | 6/6 | 7 | Yes | Yes, Bil, 14 months | 5 | Persistent deformity | PMR | Failure |
J | 4 | 6/6 | 8 | Yes | Yes, Bil, 24 months | 3 | Persistent deformity | PMR | Failure |
Discussion
Boehm et al. [14] | Kowalczyk and Lejman [15] | van Bosse et al. [17] | Morcuende et al. [16] | Current study | |
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No. of patients | 12 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 10 |
No. of feet | 24 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 17 |
Average follow-up, years | 2 | 2.9 | 3 | 4.6 | 5 |
Satisfactory outcome | 92 % | 70 % | 78.9 | 67.75 % | 64.7 % |