Clinical application of 3D printing-assisted patient-specific instrument osteotomy guide in stiff clubfoot: preliminary findings.

Background: The orthopedic treatment of the stiff clubfoot is challenging for clinicians, and the purpose of this study was to explore the preliminary findings of 3D printing-assisted patient-specific instrument (PSI) osteotomy guide for use in the orthopedic treatment of the stiff clubfoot.

Material And Methods: There were 20 patients (25 feet) with stiff clubfoot admitted from December 2018 to June 2022, including 13 males (16 feet) and 7 females (9 feet), aged 24-52 years, mean 40.15 years; 8 left feet, 7 right feet, 5 bipedal.