Discussion :
CONGENITAL TALIPES EQUINOVARUS also called as club foot. It is classified into Postural and Fixed varieties. Postural or positional talipes can be passively fully corrected or even overcorrected. Fixed can be flexible which is correctable with non-operative treatment and resistant that requires surgery. 10% chance of subsequent child being affected if positive family history. The true aetiology of congenital club foot is unknown. Most infants who have clubfoot have no identifiable genetic/ syndromal/ extrinsic cause. |
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Last Shown : Oct 2004
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