Ponseti method for infants 6 months and small infants with congenital clubfoot treated compared.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 13 Ponseti method for infants 6 months and small infants with congenital clubfoot treated compared Of: Yan-Zhou, Wang Weihong, Wang Aiying [Abstract] [Objective] To compare the Ponseti method for infants over 6 months (older group and infants less than 6 months (small age group of congenital clubfoot treated differently. [Method] The Ponseti method of treatment of children older group 157 patients with 227 feet, the small age group of 221 patients with 317 feet of children. on the Pirani score of all the affected foot, 0 to 0.5 points will be judged as excellent, good rates of two groups were compared, the number of applications of gypsum and the number of Achilles tendon severed foot disease and were followed up. [results] in children with high rates of the two groups was no significant difference (Pgt; 0.05. a small number of age groups and the line of application of plaster off the Achilles tendon more than the percentage of large age group between the two groups was significant difference (P lt;0.01. The average follow-up 2 years and 5 months, the recurrence rate between the two groups no significant difference (Pgt; 0.05. [Conclusion] Ponseti method for 6 months or more infants and infants with congenital clubfoot can achieve excellent results . [Keywords:] equinus deformity, Ponseti method, age, polyester bandage Abstract: [Objective] To compare the differences in using Ponseti method treating congenital clubfoot (CCF) patients older than six-month and younger than six-month of congenital clubfoot (CCF). [Method] Five hundreds and forty-four feet in 378 cases of CCF were treated with Ponseti method. According to the age differences, they were divided into older infancy group (gt; 6 month, 227 feet in 157 cases and younger infancy group (≤ 6 month, 317 feet in 221 cases. The deformation degree of CCF was evaluated by the Pirani scoring system. A scoring of 0-0.5 was regarded as being excellent. For each group, we evaluated