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Fig. 5 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 5

From: Is unilateral lower leg orthosis with a circular foot unit in the treatment of idiopathic clubfeet a reasonable bracing alternative in the Ponseti method? Five-year results of a supraregional paediatric-orthopaedic centre

Fig. 5

a-g This otherwise healthy boy (same boy as in Fig. 2) presented at birth with a congenital vertical talus at the right foot and a congenital clubfoot at the left side (Pirani score 6, stiff-soft). His treatment with LLO started right after removing the last casts. At the time the photographs were taken, he was 2.5 years old. (a + b) There is only minimal adduction of the greater toe and neutral orientation of the left forefoot (c, d). The heel is in slight valgus position (f). Residual from his deformity is a pronounced internal rotation of the left tibia (g)

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