Clubfoot

• Published in: Surgery (Oxford) Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 14 - 17
• Main Author: Hunter, James B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2004
• Subjects: clubfoot; orthopaedics; paediatric; clubfoot; orthopaedics; paediatric

‘Clubfoot’, also known as congenital talipes equinovarus, is the most common significant congenital foot and ankle deformity in the UK. The shorthand term, talipes, should be avoided because it risks confusion with talipes calcaneovalgus, a benign condition whose only significance is an association...