Talipes Equinovarus Treatment in Infants Treated by the Ponseti Method Compared With Posterior-Only Release: A Mid-Childhood Comparison of Results

Autores de IIS La Fe

• Marta Salom Taverner

  Autor

• Alexandre Perez Girbes

  Autor

Participantes ajenos a IIS La Fe

• Ferrando, A
• Page, A
• Atienza, C
• Minguez, MF
• Prat, J

Grupos

• Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología

  

  Leader

  Francisco Baixauli García

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate children in middle childhood with clubfoot treated with Ponseti method vs posterior-only release and to compare their results to a control group with 4 modules (physical examination, gait study, radiographic measurements, and questionnaires). From 01/01/2004 until 01/01/2009, 31 children (45 feet) were treated with the posterior-only release protocol and 22 patients (34 feet) were treated with the Ponseti method. In 2016, patients were evaluated and compared with 25 children without neuromuscular disorders. Parents completed 3 outcome questionnaires. Radiographs evaluated residual deformity and osteoarthritis. A physical examination and a 3-dimensional gait analysis were performed to evaluate range of motion, kinematic, and kinetic data. Recurrence rate was similar between treatment groups; however, type of surgery to treat residual deformity was more aggressive in the posterior-only release (91% required major surgery), p= .024. Radiographic examination showed similar residual deformity with greater hindfoot varus in posterior-only release (68%), p = .02. Reduced cadence, increased stance dorsiflexion, calcaneus gait and forced eversion prior to swing were the main characteristics of gait in posterior-only release. Four (11%) feet treated with posterior-only release vs 11 (33%) feet treated with Ponseti method had a normal gait, p = .016. Our study showed that biomechanical function and long-term outcomes of children in middle childhood treated with the Ponseti method more closely compare with healthy individuals than those treated using posterior-only surgical technique. (C) 2020 by the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. All rights reserved.

Keywords

• clubfoot; foot; gait analysis; Ponseti; posterior-only release; talus