When the Soviet Union entered the war between the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States no longer needed their aid, but Stalin was there to collect on Western promises. All these factors contributed to a climate of mistrust that heightened tensions at the outbreak of the Cold War.
Talipes equinovarus, commonly known as âclubfoot,â is a congenital deformity of the foot. It is characterized by plantar flexion (equinus), inversion (varus), and an exaggerated arch (cavus) that may involve one or both feet. Taken together, these deformities are said make the foot resemble a golf club, hence the name.
Ross reported open flexor tenotomy both of the FDL tendon and the two slips of the FDB tendon. Two-thirds of his patients lost FDL function, however no patients were aware of any loss of toe function. An alternative procedure for correction of the curly toe is flexor to extensor transfer.