Healthcare Management
Treatment Of Congenital Clubfoot Using The Ponseti Method
A normal developing foot turns into a Clubfoot around the 3rd month of foetal life. Etiological factors for the development of the deformity seem to be active for several years explaining relapses after correction. The aetiology is not exactly known, but is believed that genetic and extrinsic factors are involved. Fibrosis, meaning a pathological increase of connective tissue, seems to be the main reason leading to the deformity. At the posterior and medial aspects of Clubfeet, shorter muscles and increased tissue in muscles, fasciae, ligaments, tendons and tendon sheaths had been found.
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