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The approach to treatment of severe untreated or recurrent congenital talipes equinovarus deformities is very different in the world where patients are mobile, have access to repeated return visits for… Click to show full abstract
The approach to treatment of severe untreated or recurrent congenital talipes equinovarus deformities is very different in the world where patients are mobile, have access to repeated return visits for follow-up treatment, and where more sophisticated options for gradual correction with external fixation are available. For treatment, talectomy may be the only option to treat certain neglected clubfoot deformities during humanitarian programs and it may still have to be used as a salvage procedure used in modern foot surgery. Our extensive experience with these deformities has been on global humanitarian programs.
Journal Title: Foot and ankle clinics
Year Published: 2021
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