Conservative Treatment of congenital Talipes Equino Varus (Clubfoot)

Abstract

To congenital talipes Equino Varus is the most common disorder of congenital deformities of foot. This study was conducted know the results of conservative treatement of the condition. A total of one hundred and ten patients with 165 Feet having congenital Talipes Equino Varus deformities were registered for study from July 1998 to June 2000 at HMC, Peshawar. All the patients with congenital clubfoot deformity were included in the study and those having deofrmity secondary to poliomyelitis, cerebral palsy, meningiomyelocoele and arthogryposis multiplex congential were excluded from the stuy. Conservative treatement is the best option of treatment for congenital talipes Equino Varus (clubfoot), which starts at an early age. It prevents future deformity in children and lessens the burden over the society.