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Strategie nel trattamento conservativo del piede torto congenito

Strategies in the conservative treatment of congenital clubfoot

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Abstract

Clubfoot is one of the most common congenital abnormalities and, therefore, only a proper and early treatment can avoid a permanent deformity.

Since clubfoot can determine many different clinical patterns, conservative treatment includes several strategies in order to face this pathology timely, such as Ponseti’s method and the French functional method. A review of the latest international literature about the comparison between these two methods allows to state that the choice of one or the other must vary following the severity of the deformity, the social and economic context of the patient’s family but, mainly, the specific problems of each individual patient, who will have to undergo a long follow-up period in order to check the good outcome of the treatment and to avoid relapses.

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  1. S.C. Ortopedia e Traumatologia, P.O. Merate, Italy

    C. Viganò & G. Minnici

  2. Scuola di specializzazione in Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

    L. S. Giarratana

  3. Specialista in Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Milano, Italy

    F. Spreafico

  4. Corso di laurea in Tecniche Ortopediche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

    W. Albisetti

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Viganò, C., Giarratana, L.S., Spreafico, F. et al. Strategie nel trattamento conservativo del piede torto congenito. Arch Ortop Reumatol 123, 15–17 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10261-012-0008-z

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