A Study of Different Modes of Management of Congenital Talipes Equino Varus

Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 10

Abstract

Congenital talipes equino varus, commonly called as congenital club foot is a deformity known since the times of Greeks. the deformity present at birth occurs in every 1000births (jones and lovette) one in every 1250 births (stewart).To study the various modalities of treatment and their outcome the present study conducted in the st.theresa hospital, Hyderabad. Total of 38 feet of 22 cases observed. 64% of patients were treated conservatively. In this 95.65% of patients shown excellent results.36% of patients were treated surgically in this 30.7% patients treated surgically produced excellent results, 61.53% of patients surgically were good and 7.69% of patients treated surgically produced poor results. Keywords: congenital talipes equino varus, conservative treatment, surgical correction

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. V. Venugopal, Dr. P. Sukarna Reddy

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Dr. V. Venugopal, Dr. P. Sukarna Reddy (2016). A Study of Different Modes of Management of Congenital Talipes Equino Varus. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences, 4(10), 3812-3814. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-372018