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The results of surgical treatment of neglected club-foot in patients aged between 8 and 28 years are reported. Extensive soft tissue release together with dorso-lateral wedge resection in patients aged between 8 and 11 years and triple arthrodesis after the age of 11 years gave a high proportion of results that were satisfactory to the patient and the surgeon. Surgical correction of severely deformed and neglected club-feet in adults is advocated to achieve plantigrade, painless and cosmetically acceptable feet.
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Présentation du traitement chirurgical de pieds bots invétérés chez des sujets âgés de 8 à 28 ans. Une libération étendue des parties molles associée à la résection d'un coin supéro-externe chez les malades de 8 à 11 ans, et une double arthrodèse après 11 ans, donnent des résultats très satisfaisants. On peut préconiser la correction des pieds bots sévères et négligés de l'adulte, qui permet d'obtenir une marche plantigrade, indolore et une morphologie acceptable sur le plan esthétique.
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Paper read in the Silver Jubilee Conference of Indian Orthopaedic Association at Bombay in September, 1980
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Yadav, S.S. Observations on operative management of neglected club-foot. International Orthopaedics 5, 189–192 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266682
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