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The Ponseti method is a manipulative technique that corrects congenital clubfoot without invasive surgery. It was developed by Ignacio V. Ponseti of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics , US, in the 1950s, and was repopularized in 2000 by John Herzenberg in the US and Europe and in Africa by NHS surgeon Steve Mannion.
The most common initial treatment is the Ponseti method, which is divided into two phases: 1) correcting of foot position and 2) casting at repeated weekly intervals. [1] If the clubfoot deformity does not improve by the end of the casting phase, an Achilles tendon tenotomy can be performed. [10]
Unlike the flexible flat foot that is commonly encountered in young children, congenital vertical talus is characterized by presence of a very rigid foot deformity. The foot deformity in congenital vertical talus consists of various components, namely a prominent calcaneus caused by the ankle equines or plantar flexion, a convex and rounded sole of the foot caused by prominence of the head of ...
Ignacio Ponseti (3 June 1914 – 18 October 2009), also known as Ignasi Ponsetí i Vives, was a Spanish-American physician, specializing in orthopedics. He was born on 3 June 1914 in Menorca , part of the Balearic Islands , Spain , Ponseti was the son of a watchmaker and spent his childhood helping repair watches.
Bado classification; Danis–Weber classification; Denis classification; Evans-Jensen classification; Ficat classification; Frykman classification; Garden classification
Fibreglass long leg cast immobilizing the leg for a tibial fracture. An orthopedic cast, or simply cast, is a shell, frequently made from plaster or fiberglass, that encases a limb (or, in some cases, large portions of the body) to stabilize and hold anatomical structures—most often a broken bone (or bones), in place until healing is confirmed.
Undisplaced fracture can usually be treated by casting. [2] Even some displaced fractures can be treated with casting as long as a person can straighten their leg without help. [ 2 ] Typically the leg is immobilized in a straight position for the first three weeks and then increasing degrees of bending are allowed. [ 2 ]
Genu recurvatum is a deformity in the knee joint, so that the knee bends backwards.In this deformity, excessive extension occurs in the tibiofemoral joint.Genu recurvatum is also called knee hyperextension and back knee.