One out of every 1,000 babies is born with a clubfoot deformity. The male-to-female ratio is 2:1, and both feet are involved 30 to 50 percent of the time. A clubfoot is apparent at birth and may even be found on a prenatal ultrasound examination. A clubfoot has all the following features: adduction - or inward turning - of the metatarsals, varus - or inversion of the hindfoot, equinus - or plantarflexion - of the ankle, and cavus - or high arch - of the forefoot. Generally, these abnormalities are rigid to some degree. Although a clubfoot can sometimes appear in association with another condition, most of the time it occurs in otherwise normal, healthy infants. The cause of clubfoot remains unknown.
How is clubfoot treated?
Ponseti Minimally-Invasive Method
What does the Ponseti method entail?
Why would I choose the Ponseti Method?
Orthopaedic Institute for Children Clubfoot Clinic
More About Clubfoot:
Lewis E. Zionts, M.D.
UCLA Department of Orthopaedics, Lewis E. Zionts. M.D.
Clubfoot Information for Parents