Alok Sud|Afy Tiwari|Deep Sharma|Satwanti Kapoor
Ponseti’s vs. Kite’s method in the treatment of clubfoot-a prospective randomised study
Lady Hardinge Medical College|Lady Hardinge Medical College|Lady Hardinge Medical College|Lady Hardinge Medical College
ponsetis kites methods conservative management idiopathic congenital clubfoot compared prospective randomised study consisting 45 infants 67 feet younger 3 months march 2003 february 2004 36 31 feet underwent treatment ponsetis kites methods respectively average followup 2724 months ponseti group correction achieved 33 feet 917 three patients requiring surgical management seven relapses 211 corrected conservatively however two required surgical intervention showing relapse second year kite group achieved correction 21 feet 677 average followup 248 months ten patients requiring surgical intervention eight relapses four could corrected conservatively could also achieve correction severe feet dimeglio classification significantly higher percentage using ponsetis method significantly lesser time fewer casts opinion ponsetis method superior kites method achieving correction idiopathic clubfeet relatively shorter period time used treat young infants