Achilles tendon lengthening on the slide with the resin tube in the treatment of congenital clubfoot in 12 cases.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Achilles tendon lengthening on the slide with the resin tube in the treatment of congenital clubfoot in 12 cases Of: Wang Kangzhen, Wuzhong Qing, Gao Dawei [Abstract Objective To observe the Achilles tendon lengthening slide fixed with resin treatment of congenital clubfoot effect. Methods from July 2004 to June 2007 to the Achilles tendon lengthening with the resin sliding treatment of congenital clubfoot fixed feet 13 feet 12 cases. Results All patients were followed up for 6 months to 2 years, were excellent in 7 cases 8 feet, good in 3 cases of 3 feet, 2 cases in 2, and the fine rate was 84.6%. Conclusion tendon sliding lengthening with the resin tube fixation in June to 2 years in children with congenital clubfoot, results were satisfactory. Keywords:] equinus deformity; treatment; Achilles tendon lengthening slide, resin tube in Congenital clubfoot after birth significantly foot deformities, if not treatment, children with foot deformities age will gradually increase, by the soft type into rigid type. Therefore, early effective treatment of to prevent the further development of deformity is very important. by manual correction, cast immobilization, foot abduction orthosis wear corrective braces, or slip Achilles tendon lengthening line of treatment and other methods can obtain better quality rate. our hospital from July 2004 to June 2007 slide to the Achilles tendon lengthening with the fixed resin tube of congenital clubfoot treated 12 patients, good effect, are as follows. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General Information The group of 12 patients (13 feet of children in the 7 males and 5 females; aged 6 months to 2 years old. Clubfoot was a typical performance, medium stiffness, are idiopathic type (internal type of clubfoot. 1.2 Procedures After general anesthesia in children, only point in the Achilles tendon at 0.5 cm, with a knife inserted perpendicularly into the middle of Achilles tendon, the knife