Management of clubfoot deformity in amyoplasia. 1997

H Niki, and L T Staheli, and V S Mosca
Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA.

Forty-one clubfeet in 22 patients with amyoplasia were studied retrospectively at a mean duration after surgery of 118 months (range, 45-253). The clubfeet were managed by a regimen including initial stretching casts, posteromedial release, and postoperative splinting at night. The mean age at the time of surgery was 7.3 months. Correction of deformity without recurrence was achieved in 11 (27%). Recurrent deformity was corrected by serial casting in eight feet and required secondary operative procedures in 20 feet. In the feet without recurrence of deformity, the duration of splinting at night after surgery was significantly longer than in those with recurrence (p < 0.05). At follow-up, 39 (95%) feet were plantigrade and were considered satisfactory. Our findings suggest that most clubfeet in amyoplasia can be effectively corrected by posteromedial release and that the recurrence of deformity can be reduced by splinting at night and often corrected by serial cast treatment.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297 Male Males
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D012086 Reoperation A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient due to disease progression or recurrence, or as followup to failed previous surgery. Revision, Joint,Revision, Surgical,Surgery, Repeat,Surgical Revision,Repeat Surgery,Revision Surgery,Joint Revision,Revision Surgeries,Surgery, Revision
D002370 Casts, Surgical Dressings made of fiberglass, plastic, or bandage impregnated with plaster of paris used for immobilization of various parts of the body in cases of fractures, dislocations, and infected wounds. In comparison with plaster casts, casts made of fiberglass or plastic are lightweight, radiolucent, able to withstand moisture, and less rigid. Fiberglass Casts,Plaster Casts,Plastic Casts,Cast, Surgical,Surgical Cast,Surgical Casts,Cast, Fiberglass,Cast, Plaster,Cast, Plastic,Casts, Fiberglass,Casts, Plaster,Casts, Plastic,Fiberglass Cast,Plaster Cast,Plastic Cast
D003025 Clubfoot A deformed foot in which the foot is plantarflexed, inverted, and adducted. Equinovarus,Talipes Equinovarus,Clubfeet,Clubfeet, Congenital,Clubfoot, Congenital,Congenital Talipes Equinovarus,Pie Torcido,Congenital Clubfeet,Congenital Clubfoot,Pie Torcidos,Talipes Equinovarus, Congenital
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000015 Abnormalities, Multiple Congenital abnormalities that affect more than one organ or body structure. Multiple Abnormalities

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