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Clubfoot Etiology, Pathoanatomy, Basic Ponseti Technique, and Ponseti in Older Patients

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Clubfoot is a common congenital condition that leads to disability when untreated. This chapter discusses the etiology and pathoanatomy of this condition and then describes the Ponseti method.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Bone Surgery, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Four Bungalows, Andheri (w), Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400050, India

    Alaric Aroojis MS (ORTHO), D’ORTHO, DNB (ORTHO)

  2. Division of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, 205-245 East Columbia Street, New Westminster, V3L 3W4, BC, Canada

    Shafique Pirani MBBS FRCSC

  3. Department of Orthopedics, Hospital and Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children (HRDC), Janagal, Kavre, 6757, Nepal

    Bibek Banskota MBBS, MRCS, MS

  4. Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital and Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children, Adhikari Gaon, Janagal, Ugratara VDC, Kavre, Banepa, Nepal

    Ashok Kumar Banskota MBBS, MD FACS

  5. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    David A. Spiegel MD (Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery)

  6. Honorary Consultant in Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children, Janagal, Kavre, Nepal

    David A. Spiegel MD (Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery)

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  1. Alaric Aroojis MS (ORTHO), D’ORTHO, DNB (ORTHO)
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Correspondence to David A. Spiegel MD .

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, Montana, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Aroojis, A., Pirani, S., Banskota, B., Banskota, A.K., Spiegel, D.A. (2014). Clubfoot Etiology, Pathoanatomy, Basic Ponseti Technique, and Ponseti in Older Patients. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_34

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